Friday before last found us scrutinising the wind forecasts with a little more urgency then normal. That day had seen sailings to Skomer cancelled as a result of strong northerlies and conditions didn’t look much improved for the next twenty four hours or so. Now for someone who freely admits Read more…
Way back at the beginning of July I heard that our neighbouring village had really upped the ante when it came to urban birding. Regular readers will probably recall that my own local patch often sees Dippers and Grey Wagtails but Kingfishers? Now that would be a first. After work Read more…
Work being what it is at the moment meant that I could only spare a couple of hours weekend before last and the WWT reserve at Llanelli sounded like just the ticket. Rocking up at the Michael Powell Hide mid afternoon we were treated to great views of six Greenshank Read more…
With so many caterpillars, butterflies, spiders and bees about on our walk from Rhossili to Mewslade you might have expected everything else to have taken a back seat. However, with views such as this out to Worm’s Head that was never going to prove possible and the birds did their Read more…
It’s been a hectic few weeks in these parts with time at a premium since our trip to Skomer. Nevertheless I’ve managed to keep this blog updated on a far more regular basis than I’d originally hoped yet there are still quite a few occurrences/sightings/events, call them what you will, Read more…
This recent run of good weather has finally allowed me to once again indulge in one of my favourite activities. I am of course referring to the combination of a patio chair, feeders stuffed with seed and an assortment of increasingly tame birds. Unfortunately I have missed much of the Read more…
The scarcity of updates here over this last week is testament to the continued disaster that is our so-called summer. It’s rained every day for almost two weeks now and to be honest I’ve had enough. Even the garden is starting to show its displeasure with several plants suffering from Read more…
So here we are diving headlong into July and guess what? It’s still raining and is forecast to continue doing so for much of the next month. Given that I spend so much of my time outdoors this is starting to get beyond annoying and is turning into something of Read more…
Yesterday evening I whiled away a relaxing couple of hours wandering around the woods in Coed Bach Park. Having spent the majority of this month up on open moorland it was quite nice to be amongst the cool shade of ancient Oak trees again, and despite the areas diminutive size Read more…
I made a quick visit to Mumbles Pier a couple of weeks ago to check on the breeding Kittiwake colony and was very pleased to see that their numbers have swelled to at least 275 individuals, many of which are now paired up and in the last throws of nest Read more…