We really were spoilt last week with night after night delivering stunning sunsets. Sadly this week has seen nothing of the sort with cloud and mist once more returning. Fortunately I actually remembered a long ago pledge to start taking more video before conditions worsened and it is that which Read more…
It may have been a quiet few weeks on the blog but let me assure you that away from the interwebs things have been anything but. I’ve just returned from another fantastic fortnight on the Isle of Mull where the wildlife encounters once again managed to better anything I could Read more…
I mentioned yesterday that we’d been blown away by the sheer quantity and variety of life in the rockpools out towards Mumbles Head. Our first find was this Shore Crab, easily the largest crustacean we’ve seen on Gower at around six centimetres in diameter. In the same small pool a Read more…
Following our visit to Manorbier and St Govans we headed over to Bosherston Lily Ponds in the hope of finding some Otters. Our previous two visits here have both been later on in the year, and on one of those occasions we had a superb encounter with a very inquisitive 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…
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…
As a follow up to last night post I have put together a short video showing the Starlings in action as photographs really can’t do justice to the way in which the birds move through the air. Things really kick off about half way through when the seemingly settled flock Read more…
After our exploration of Ynys-Hir we headed back to nearby Aberystwyth where we had a B&B booked for the night. I spent five happy years at university in this town so it was great fun to get reacquainted with the place. One of the most amazing natural spectacles to be Read more…
Yesterday evening we spent a happy couple of hours watching the female Hen Harrier hunting over Llanrhidian Marsh on Gower. I tried to get a couple of photographs which were largely unsuccessful when I suddenly remembered the video function on my camera. I switched it on and took a few Read more…
My final post concerning the WWT London Wetland Centre is all to do with one of the noisiest amphibians I think I have ever come across. Whilst walking around the site I kept hearing very peculiar, and very deep, croaking noises. Initially I put these down to over amorous Coots Read more…