Tuesday evening was a very stormy one with regular showers rolling up the valley and obliterating the other side of my village from view. However it was my birthday and I was determined that we were going to get out for the picnic and walk that we had planned. I Read more…
A couple of weekends ago we were at the height of the summer heat wave and the coast seemed like the most comfortable place to be. As regular readers will know I have been aiming to walk around the entire coast of the Gower peninsular, although obviously not all at Read more…
While checking up on the Kittiwakes at Mumbles pier last weekend I took a few short video clips of the birds in action. It’s a feature of my camera that I often forget is there and as a result rarely use it. In this case I was glad that I Read more…
I certainly hadn’t but it turns out that the Kittiwakes on Mumbles Pier have a very human way of dealing with the massive heat that we are experiencing at the moment; sit down, chill out and pant away. As I had yesterday off work it seemed like an ideal time Read more…
Continuing the theme of new birth I visited Mumbles Pier on Gower yesterday afternoon to see how the colony of Kittiwakes was getting on. I am very pleased to report that all seems to be well with at least twenty nests currently being occupied. The difference to my last visit Read more…
Last weekend was my first visit to the WWT site at Llanelli for a good long while. The various lagoons and scrapes were relatively quiet with just the usual culprits present. It seems so much emptier without the vast flocks of Wigeon and Lapwing that can be found here at Read more…
I was feeling more restless than usual on Thursday evening when a clip on Springwatch showing Simon King handling a Nightjar sprung me into action. I have never seen or heard Nightjar and to be honest have no idea where to even start looking for any in my locality. I Read more…
I didn’t go anywhere last night as I had to spend another fun evening up a ladder preparing walls for painting. If I wasn’t such a perfectionist the house would have been finished long ago and I would be free of the continuous dust and mess. I did at least Read more…
Last night looked like it was heading to be a perfect summers evening with blue sky and the sun blazing down. It seems like an age since I last visited Gower so the destination for the evening was quickly decided. Twenty minutes later we were at Rhossili and starting the Read more…
If you keep an eye on the UK’s bird news then it is very unlikely that you haven’t heard of the male Marmora’s Warbler that has taken up residence at Blorenge, Gwent. It first turned up over two weeks ago while I was on Mull, and on my return I Read more…