We moved home to Scotland in 2022 and I immediately started seeing different birds in the garden, on our new patch and out on my walks in the wilds. Backwater reservoir has become a favourite walk of mine and a few people told me to keep an eye out for Eagles “keep looking up” they’d … More Of Walks and Crossbills
I realised that I am rattling on about these beautiful birds when I’m walking at Backwater reservoir and a huge number of people have never heard of, never mind seen one so, I decided to add some links to more information than I am able to share. BTO – The Scottish Crossbill BTO – The … More Find out more about Crossbills (External Links)
As I drove back onto the farm yard, I noticed a few birds around one of the big puddles left by the recent rain so, I stopped the car and reached for the “big boy”, my joke name for the camera with a Sigma 150-600mm lens fitted … More The Puddle Party
We lived in Caerphilly in South Wales for 12 years, after moving there for work. Our house was right next to a fabulous pond, great for walking the dog and photography. I spent a lot of time wandering round this pond 🙂 Plenty of Moorhens. One bird became a bit of an obsession …. Kingfishers … More Photo Memories – Castle View Pond
We visited Solva in Pembrokeshire, South Wales a few times, what a wonderful place. I saw some of these birds for the first time on the headland over the town. Local information on Solva. I’ve pulled this quote from that site “One of the strangest of all Solva’s seafaring stories is that by 1848, soon … More Photo Memories – Solva 2019
Penallta parc was a favourite walking area of ours in S. Wales, the site of a now disused mine, it also hid the remains of this old farm and the design of some the walls fascinated me. Penalltau fawr Penallta parc birding We used to visit the park often and walked the many routes all … More Photo Memories – Penalltau Fawr
In 2018 I was working on a big UK wide IT rollout and our base was in Hampshire (Hants in short). I was living just outside Cardiff in S. Wales, in a Town called Caerphilly, which meant a commute of over two hours each way on that wonder of British engineering known as the M4, … More What a front!
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