With a bank holiday weekend to play with and good weather forecast, last weekend looked like the perfect opportunity to take in the sights of one of the numerous islands off the Pembrokeshire coast. There are a number to choose from offering different specialities in terms of the wildlife to Read more…
This weekend I realised that it was getting on for over a month since I last visited the local WWT site at Llanelli. Given that I had been making weekly visits for the last six months or so this proved a bit of a shock so on Saturday it was Read more…
One of the highlights of our visit to Mull were the numerous sightings of Golden Eagles that we regularly had as we traveled around the island. I was very lucky to catch this shot as an Eagle flew past along the cliffs within a few meters of us. For a Read more…
On Sunday I felt an urge to travel a bit further afield and with the weather still holding it seemed like the perfect opportunity to head back to Pembrokeshire. The location was set for the Teifi Marshes, the headquarters for the South and West Wales Wildlife Trust. This reserve covers Read more…
Today dawned and for the first time this year the sky was clear and it was actually warm. To take advantage of the weather I decided it was time to do a decent length walk down on the Gower. We started off at Penrice castle, headed along the coast past Read more…
I popped down into Penllergare woods at the back of my house again this evening and was very pleased to see that the Dipperfrom a couple of weeks ago has made a return. I caught up with it just below the splashpool from the waterfall seemingly sleeping on a rock Read more…
Saturday dawned grey, wet and foggy which threw my plans for washing the car straight out of the window. But maybe all was not lost. A sighting on the Glamorgan website reported a first winter immature Iceland Gull currently residing at Bracelet Bay in the Mumbles. Armed with plenty of Read more…
I was looking forward to a good weekend in the great outdoors after having to attend a business meeting in London on Friday resulting in an extremely long day. Saturday was meant to be a day of shopping but a posting on the Glamorgan Birds web page bought my attention Read more…
With good weather forecast for the weekend I decided that it was finally time to head over to Pembrokeshire to see what was what. We booked ourselves into a very nice B+B just up the road from Abereiddi. Things got off to a good start just after we arrived with Read more…
Saturday saw me experience not one but two magic wildlife moments whilst out walking on the Gower. We had decided to visit Whiteford Point with the aim of finally locating the hide there that has remained elusive on previous visits. Things got off to a good start with two Snipe Read more…