What a brilliant day. For the first time in just about forever the weather gods looked down kindly on me and delivered a day of almost full sunshine with temperatures high enough to require the removal of some winter layers. Destination of choice had to be Rhossili as its hard Read more…
Regular readers of this blog may recall the excellent run of rarities that Eglwys Nunydd reservoir threw up around September time last year, including a Bobolink, Grey Phalarope and Whiskered Tern, all of which I managed to see. This weekend the industrial water body was back on form in a Read more…
I have another couple of images from my photography session at Penclawdd that I’d like to share as I am very happy with them. I love the mix between the natural vista of the Burry Inlet and the way it so starkly contrasts with the town of Llanelli on the Read more…
Last night I needed an escape so headed down to Penclawdd on Gower after dark. Rather handily my arrival coincided perfectly with the high tide, which with no wind meant a large expanse of perfectly still water was there to be taken advantage of. Out in the darkness I could Read more…
Walking along the beach at Three Cliffs Bay we stumbled upon a strange looking object lying on the sands. Our first impressions were that it was some sort of pine cone, though one that was heavily waterlogged. Picking it up revealed a soft composition that when squeezed released a stream Read more…
Following on from a couple of posts ago where I included a picture of a huge sheet of ice stretching across Rhossili beach, I have a few more pictures to share showing the unusual conditions. The first one is the view looking towards Burry Holmes from the vicinity of the Read more…
Well what a weekend it has been. As I sit here going through my photos it is remarkable how after several years of exploring the Gower Peninsula it is still possible to find new species of wildlife, explore new places and experience a familiar location in a completely surreal state Read more…
Just before Christmas I found another ringed Mediterranean Gull (white 3C78) at Bracelet Bay on Gower. I duly sent my finding off to the relevant ringers and was amazed to find that this bird had originally been caught on the same day and in the same place as the last Read more…
I’m becoming very conscious that I keep talking about the weather in these posts and I’m afraid that this one is going to be no different (I am English though so that probably has a lot to do with it)! After dodging the worst yesterday it seemed that the weather Read more…
I was browsing Google Maps last night looking for promising new locations to explore with the appalling weekend weather forecast in mind. Amazingly I spotted two smallish reservoirs barely ten minutes from home that I didn’t even know were there! They are known as the Lliedi Reservoirs and are in Read more…