Sunday saw us taking on another lengthy walk starting from Rhossili Church before walking the length of the beach to Burry Holme and on around the coast to the Blue Pool. This is a supposedly bottomless rock pool that looked anything but. The return journey took us back along the Read more…
After being relatively lazy for the last week or so I fancied a good long walk out in the countryside, but being fortunate to live in a place with so many options I was having trouble deciding where to go. A quick look at the Glamorgan birds sightings page had Read more…
To finish off our trip to mid Wales we stopped in at the Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm. This was the first feeding station of its kind in the country and has done a great deal to support the population of the Red Kites in Wales and spread Read more…
As a follow up to last night post I have put together a short video showing the Starlings in action as photographs really can’t do justice to the way in which the birds move through the air. Things really kick off about half way through when the seemingly settled flock Read more…
Most of our time on Saturday was spent at Ynys-Hir, the RSPB reserve on the banks of the River Dyfi. For those that don’t know it I highly recommend a visit. The range of habitats on offer is really rather exceptional with mature woodland blending into open grassland, mudflats, salt Read more…
This evening I decided that it was time the new car got to experience what its future life holds in terms of filthy single track roads and a fair bit of off-roading. Thinking about it I should have got a 4×4 really especially when you consider that our holiday home Read more…
Yesterday evening we spent a happy couple of hours watching the female Hen Harrier hunting over Llanrhidian Marsh on Gower. I tried to get a couple of photographs which were largely unsuccessful when I suddenly remembered the video function on my camera. I switched it on and took a few Read more…
This weekend I am unfortunately housebound due to work commitments requiring that I be constantly in the vicinity of my laptop. This is annoying at the best of times but doubly so when the weather outside is absolutely gorgeous. Not to be beaten though I decided to try and photograph Read more…
Following on from my post yesterday comes a couple of photographs of a Cormorant on the Ogmore River. This particular individual came in to land much closer than normal and allowed me to get some decent shots. Light levels at the time were extremely poor and the wind-chill factor meant Read more…
If you are puzzled by the image that you see below then you would not be the only one. Whilst walking along the cliffs at Ogmore beach this afternoon we noticed some strange looking structures on the rocks below. A quick glance with the binoculars seemed to suggest a sponge Read more…