Following on from my post yesterday comes a couple of photographs of a Cormorant on the Ogmore River. This particular individual came in to land much closer than normal and allowed me to get some decent shots. Light levels at the time were extremely poor and the wind-chill factor meant Read more…
After being stuck in the office looking longingly at the gorgeous weather all day, I decided to try and get back home in time to catch what I was hoping would be a nice sunset this evening. By the time I reached the house the sun was already well on Read more…
After the success with the Bittern at Forest Farm we popped down the road to Cosmeston Lakes to search for the Red Crested Pochard that had taken up residence there. Within a couple of minutes we had spotted it lurking near the bridge between the two main lakes. Compared to Read more…
As a follow on from yesterdays post, I thought I would share some photographs of some of the other visitors that were frequenting the feeders along with the Jays. All of the Tit species were present, as well as Greenfinches much to my delight. Over the last couple of years Read more…
Yesterday I had a chance encounter that led to me taking some of my favourite wildlife pictures so far, and of one of the shiest birds to boot. I had parked my car up next to some feeders in the WWT Llanelli car park in the hope of photographing some Read more…
Given that Gower is such a well photographed location, it is often a challenge to try and find a viewpoint or angle that hasn’t been done to death. A recent low tide presented such an opportunity to me as I was exploring Burry Holms at the north end of Rhossili Read more…
Another year and another bonfire night was upon me. Finding all of the local firework displays a bit overcrowded I headed up to the top of the hills at the back of the house. Fortunately I had my camera with me as the nearby electricity pylons and the orange glow Read more…
I’ll let the pictures do the talking, but needless to say this was one of the most impressive sunsets that I have ever witnessed.
Well I’m back from my couple of days at Strumble Head in Pembrokeshire and I have finally got the energy back to go through my photos and get a post up on here. The first thing to say is that the weather was absolutely gorgeous. We had clear blue sky Read more…
This is a bit of a mismash of updates covering the last week or so and so must begin with an update on the ten Glossy Ibis which turned up at Old Pembrey Harbour at the end of last week. My previous post showed just how close these birds were Read more…