A bit belated I know but last weekend I visited Forest Farm near Cardiff for the very first time after hearing of a Bittern that had taken up residence at one of the pools there since the New Year. We headed straight for the first hide and were very surprised 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…
After my comment in the last post concerning the distribution of Common Gulls around the Swansea area, I decided to do a bit of research to discover if indeed this cold weather has been pushing these birds further afield. To my surprise I discovered that the winter range of the Read more…
The view that greeted me at Kenfig NNR today was one of almost complete desolation. The lake was almost entirely frozen over (and to quite some thickness at that) whilst the surrounding ground was as solid as rock. I had been hoping to see one of the Bitterns that have Read more…
I started off my first trip of the year with a morning stop at Penclawdd to have a look at the estuary. With ice and snow extending onto the mudflats in some places it was not surprising to see large concentrations of Gulls and Waders feeding on the areas that Read more…
I spent last night sorting out the final photographs from 2009 prior to my first trip of the year this weekend. Amongst the more common species such as Greenfinch, Blue Tit and Great Tit of which I am starting to gather a good collection now, I was very pleased to Read more…
As promised last week I have finally gotten around to writing up the report on the rest of the WWT visit that produced my fantastic Jay pictures last weekend. The bulk of my birdwatching actually took place on the day before the Jay photos were taken, and the difference in Read more…
As a follow on from yesterdays post, I thought I would share some photographs of some of the other visitors that were frequenting the feeders along with the Jays. All of the Tit species were present, as well as Greenfinches much to my delight. Over the last couple of years Read more…
Yesterday I had a chance encounter that led to me taking some of my favourite wildlife pictures so far, and of one of the shiest birds to boot. I had parked my car up next to some feeders in the WWT Llanelli car park in the hope of photographing some Read more…
Last weekend the great weather gods blessed us with some sun so we headed down to Mumbles with the aim of walking a bit of the coastal path that we hadn’t so far managed to do. Upon arrival at the Mumbles we were greeted with what appeared to be large Read more…