Yesterday was one of those perfect evenings where everything comes together. It started off on Gopa Hill where I found a cracking male Blackcap singing from the trees around the old ruined farmhouse, my first for that area. Sitting nearby were a pair of Bullfinches while the air was filled Read more…
Or so the saying goes. But do two? Probably not if the plummeting temperatures this evening are anything to go by. I spotted the above pair of Swallows sitting on telegraph cables on the drive back from having my hair cut this morning. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with Read more…
The big breaking news late on Saturday evening was that a Woodchat Shrike had turned up on Gower and was to be found feeding around Llangennith Moor. An early morning text off Barry Stewart on Sunday confirmed that the bird was indeed present and also served as a handy prompt Read more…
At Rhossili Spring was in full flow on Saturday with more newly arrived migrants present. We had barely stepped out of the car when our first two Swallows of the year shot overhead travelling west. Out on the headland a flock of at least fifteen Sand Martins arrived right before Read more…
I made a passing comment a couple of posts ago that the Kittiwakes would soon be back on Mumbles Pier and Jeremy kindly let me know that they already are! The breeding colony on the pier is now well over twenty years old and is one of only a couple Read more…
Sunday dawned incredibly misty with visibility down to a few hundred feet at most. Although warm the forecast was for much the same all day so we decided to head up to the Ceredigion coast for a walk. Spoilt for choice we chose New Quay as our first destination, purely Read more…
With most peoples attention focused on the Blue Winged Teal and Little Gull at Sandy Water Park it is very easy to overlook the more common species that call this lake home. During my visit last weekend I spent an hour or so walking its perimeter while waiting for the Read more…
They say never go back but that is exactly what I did early yesterday morning. The Blue Winged Teal that first popped up last weekend has remained at Sandy Water Park ever since, and with better weather forecast I couldn’t resist an attempt at some improved photos. The Little Gull Read more…
The pair of Yellowhammers that I first saw this time last week on Bryn-bach-Common were once again singing from the Rhododendron bushes on Tuesday evening. Interestingly the birds were on near identical perches as before with the female uttering the “little bit of bread and no cheeeeese” song whilst the Read more…
When I have had the odd hour to kill over the last few weeks I have been parking the car up next to the feeders in the WWT Llanelli car park and waiting to see what turns up. The variety has been great and when the sun has shone I Read more…