At Rhossili Spring was in full flow on Saturday with more newly arrived migrants present. We had barely stepped out of the car when our first two Swallows of the year shot overhead travelling west. Out on the headland a flock of at least fifteen Sand Martins arrived right before Read more…
It has been another fantastic weekend here in South Wales with a bit of everything thrown in to keep us on our toes. Saturday turned out to be very much a case of being in the right place at the right time as a locally very rare Avocet popped into Read more…
Rather fortuitously the campsite that we were staying at in Newquay had a nature walk that ran past a couple of small landscaped ponds and across a large meadow. Normally these sorts of nature walks translate into somewhere for dog owners to walk their pets without fear of needing to Read more…
My Cinnabar moth caterpillars are still feeding away in the garden and are noticeably increasing in size. I’m not sure how long it will be until they start the transformation process but I hope I get to see them emerge. The picture above shows how much of the leaf this Read more…
If you have ever spent a day stuck in a sealed office with no opening windows and broken air conditioning you can probably imagine why I felt like getting out into the countryside even more keenly than usual this evening. A quick scan of the local OS map showed that Read more…
Tonight I have a slightly more unusual (well for me anyway) piece of wildlife for the blog. I spent a couple of hours down at Burry Port earlier this evening and noticed the following insect walking across one of the pavements. After much googling I have come to the conclusion Read more…
With October comes the end of the Grasshopper season for another year and probably the last photograph that I will be able to take of one until next May. This Common Green Grasshopper was taken near the Blue Pool on Gowers north coast. There were several battles going on between Read more…
As you may have noticed from the majority of my posts on this site, my main interest is in birds. However, I am just as interested in other forms of wildlife, it’s just that quite often it is a lot more difficult to photograph. Over the last few weeks during Read more…