There are a few species of birds that have yet to make it onto my UK life list that I really think ought be there. One of these is the Wryneck, an autumn migrant that occasionally pops up around the Welsh coast and has probably the most cryptic plumage of Read more…
The remnants of Hurricane Katia have been battering the Welsh coast over the last couple of days resulting in a relatively high number of Grey Phalarope making landfall. At least two individuals have been present at Kenfig today along with another at Ogmore and a possible sighting in Cardiff Bay. Read more…
By seven o’clock on Monday morning I was sat in the car on Tywyn seafront, gently rocking from side to side as it was buffeted by winds approaching gale force six. An hour earlier we had been forced to get up and take the tent we had been staying in Read more…
Or so the saying goes. But do two? Probably not if the plummeting temperatures this evening are anything to go by. I spotted the above pair of Swallows sitting on telegraph cables on the drive back from having my hair cut this morning. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with Read more…
The big breaking news late on Saturday evening was that a Woodchat Shrike had turned up on Gower and was to be found feeding around Llangennith Moor. An early morning text off Barry Stewart on Sunday confirmed that the bird was indeed present and also served as a handy prompt Read more…
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…
This evening I got out on patch for the first time this week and was surprised to stumble across several recently placed traps dotted around various Gorse bushes on Bryn-Bach-common. Reading the attached note on one revealed them to be part of an environmental survey being carried out in preparation Read more…
Sunday dawned incredibly misty with visibility down to a few hundred feet at most. Although warm the forecast was for much the same all day so we decided to head up to the Ceredigion coast for a walk. Spoilt for choice we chose New Quay as our first destination, purely Read more…
Time to make use of my time machine as we whisk ourselves back to last weekend. In contrast to the grey clouds that had dominated the day before, Sunday was awash with sunshine and clear blue sky for as far as the eye could see. After having already ticked off 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…