After a months enforced absence I am back and able to blog regularly once more. Over the last five weeks I have bought a house in Pontarddulais near Swansea and have moved in. There is a lot of work still to do but things are at a point where I Read more…
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…
Glossy Ibis at Old Pembrey Harbour near Llanelli. Yes you did indeed read that correctly and I was just as surprised as you are now no doubt when I first heard the news. I received a text at 10:30 this morning to let me know that twenty five Glossy Ibis Read more…
Well what a washout this Bank Holiday turned out to be. Once again the so called “Barbecue August” that we were all promised failed to materialise. Given the weather and being on-call for work I had a very uneventful weekend with only a few small trips out. I did however Read more…
This weekend I took a walk around Whiteford Sands on Gower, starting from the car park at Cwm Ivy and following the beach to the lighthouse at Whiteford Point, before heading back to the car along Whiteford Burrows. During the few hours that I was out there I saw an Read more…
One of the great things about this blog is that it is a constant encouragement to get outdoors and try to capture some of my surroundings to share with others. Yesterday was a perfect example of this as despite the changeable weather I decided to head down to Bracelet Bay Read more…
After the glorious weather of the weekend it was back to earth with a bump as our return to Wales heralded the end of the sun and the arrival of the fog. Monday was a day of misty rain and blustery winds and certainly not one for any lengthy walks Read more…
This weekend saw me heading on the long journey up North to Leeds to attend a friends wedding on Saturday. When I awoke to glorious sunshine I was a bit annoyed that I was going to be missing the best day to be outdoors that we have had for the Read more…
As mentioned previously, I now have a blog on the South Wales Evening Post website from which I hope to encourage people who might not necessarily go searching for wildlife information to get out into the great outdoors. This is my first in a series of guides to the local Read more…