Sunday was our day of choice to take part in the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, and it also represented the first time that we have done so in the new house. This annual voluntary survey of the state of our garden birds continues to go from strength to strength Read more…
In a rare show of good people management I was allowed to leave work early today giving me a couple of hours of daylight to spend at Sandy Water Park near Llanelli. The lake there is frozen solid apart from a couple of small areas where water flows in. Unsurprisingly Read more…
If you look back through my posts from last year you will come across a couple of entries concerning the Mediterranean Gulls which I saw regularly frequenting the grassy banks at Bracelet Bay near Mumbles, Gower. Each time there was a high tide you were pretty much guaranteed to see Read more…
Ever since the arrival of Spring my morning sleep has been rudely interrupted by the incredibly loud calls of a couple of Chiffchaffs. I say a couple but it could be a whole army of them given the volume that they seem to be able to generate. Now don’t get Read more…
Every birder has a few of those species that no matter how hard they try they just never seem to be able to catch up with. I have had a fair bit of success over the last twelve months on this front but one bird has been continually alluding me; Read more…
The end of the snow has heralded the return of our typical British weather; the wet and mild conditions that we are all more familiar with. As the rain lashed down today I headed over to Sandy Water Park in Llanelli for a walk around the lake and along a Read more…