Our return from Aberystwyth on Monday heralded the arrival of something that had been notable by its absence over the previous few days. With an unfamiliar orange orb shining in the sky our shopping plans were abandoned and instead we headed over to the Llanelli WWT reserve. Our targets were Read more…
Last Sunday we were at the WWT’s Llanelli reserve for a wildlife encounter that sums up this time of year like no other; a huge Starling murmuration featuring in excess of 100,000 birds. Despite visiting regularly for the last couple of years this is the first time that I have Read more…
On my various walks over the last couple of weeks it has been very noticeable just how many Red Admirals are still on the wing. They are a frequent sight across the whole of the UK and one of our most recognisable butterflies, but until researching this post I hadn’t Read more…
Robins, Redwings and rain – three words that sum up this past weekend perfectly. I spent both Saturday and Sunday at the local WWT reserve near Llanelli, partly due to the fact that I needed to be in range of home for work commitments but mostly because it’s been such Read more…
You could say I’m pretty chuffed with the photo above. The very obliging subject is a female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum), one of several that were resting on shrubs around Llanelli WWT on Sunday. I have never had much luck getting close to these prehistoric insects in the past, but Read more…
This afternoon we spent a couple of hours at the WWT site on the outskirts of Llanelli and found ourselves surrounded by hordes of new arrivals. It wasn’t hard to miss the hundred strong flock of Jackdaws that were hanging around the entrance making an almighty racket, the majority of Read more…
When I have had the odd hour to kill over the last few weeks I have been parking the car up next to the feeders in the WWT Llanelli car park and waiting to see what turns up. The variety has been great and when the sun has shone I Read more…
It has been another fantastic weekend here in South Wales with a bit of everything thrown in to keep us on our toes. Saturday turned out to be very much a case of being in the right place at the right time as a locally very rare Avocet popped into Read more…
Happy New Year. As has become our yearly tradition, January 1st 2011 found us at the WWT Llanelli site taking part in their “twitch and tick event”. The premise is simple in that you walk around trying to spot as many bird species as possible before submitting your score to Read more…
The Wigeon are starting to return to WWT Llanelli. That is pretty much my only update from this weekend after the weather and work commitments put a block on most of my plans. I managed a flying visit to the British Steel Hide but as it was low tide the Read more…