Walking along the upper Loughor last week we stumbled across this rather excellent Slow Worm soaking up some late evening rays. Judging from its slovenly nature I presume it had become chilled earlier in the day and was taking the opportunity to warm back up. Having posed perfectly we encouraged Read more…
Five days and three new species nicely sums up the latest developments on patch. The first came on Monday evening with two Bullfinches along the wooded section of Birch Rock tramway, a nice find and the final ‘common’ bird that I considered lacking from this years list. From here on Read more…
Last night I made a terrible error of judgement and decided to watch another dire, tournament ending performance from England in Euro 2012 with the full knowledge that a Gull-billed Tern was showing just a couple of miles away. If the Italians had managed to put us out of our Read more…
I spent a couple of hours walking along the Upper Loughor estuary late yesterday afternoon. It’s a location that I should really have visited a lot more frequently than I have done, but as ever time is always a factor. The first birds we saw were a couple of Reed Read more…
The week leading up to last Sunday was a frustrating one as it felt like I was being led on a merry chase the length and breadth of the Loughor estuary. Reports kept filtering through across the various local channels that a Great White Egret had been found first at Read more…
Regular readers of this blog may recall the excellent run of rarities that Eglwys Nunydd reservoir threw up around September time last year, including a Bobolink, Grey Phalarope and Whiskered Tern, all of which I managed to see. This weekend the industrial water body was back on form in a Read more…
Much to my annoyance this week has been very bitty as due to work commitments I couldn’t travel very far from the house. Nevertheless I still managed to get some birding in and was very happy with the results. I visited the recently discovered path along the River Loughor on Read more…
Looking back through some of my previous posts, particularly those from the last week in April, really highlights what terrible weather we are having at the moment. Temperatures are steadfastly refusing to get anywhere near double figures and don’t get me started on the last time we had clear skies. Read more…