Birds
Crossbills on the Isle of Mull
A family group of Crossbills near Dervaig on the Isle of Mull gave me my best ever views of this species and my first photographs. I couldn’t believe how close they got and how long they stayed around for.
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Week Summary
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…
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Sandwich Terns are back at Burry Port
Last night I spent a couple of hours back at Burry Port walking a section of the millennium coastal path. The tide was very much on its way in, rising noticeably as I stood and watched. These are often the best conditions for spotting birds on the Burry Inlet as Read more…
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Amazing Dunlin on Whitford Beach
Today was spent walking from Cwm Ivy to Whitford Point, heading out via the beach and back along Whitford Burrows. My overriding memory of the trip, apart from the incredible haze that we are experiencing at the moment, will be of a simply amazing encounter that I had with two Read more…
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Devils Coach Horse Larvae (Ocypus olens)
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…
Photography
Sunset from Penclawdd, Gower
While on the subject of sunsets from my last post I thought I would share a couple of pictures from earlier in the week. These were taken from below Cefn Bryn at sea level near Penclawdd. The water that can just about be seen at the base of the shots Read more…
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Sunset from Cefn Bryn, Gower
Much of today was spent indoors glued to my laptop trying to work out why collecting tax couldn’t just be a whole lot simpler. I did manage a walk up the nearby valley during the early afternoon and was very pleased to hear the Green Woodpeckers again. Although I didn’t Read more…
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Purple Sandpipers and Turnstones at Port Eynon, Gower
It has been over a week since my last posting and this has mostly been down to spending four days camping over the Bank Holiday weekend. We stayed just north of Fishguard and considering the weather forecast before we left had an amazing time. Ill put up some more detailed Read more…
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Night Photography at Mumbles Lighthouse
I have taken a bit of a break from blogging this last week for a couple of reasons. Firstly the weather has been frankly atrocious and what sun there has been has coincided rather nicely with the hours that I am in work. Secondly I have been getting stuck into Read more…
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Back Garden Starlings
This weekend I am unfortunately housebound due to work commitments requiring that I be constantly in the vicinity of my laptop. This is annoying at the best of times but doubly so when the weather outside is absolutely gorgeous. Not to be beaten though I decided to try and photograph Read more…