I was about when these birds at Clahane were being caught and ringed so I tend to look out for them. This one caught my eye as to the brown that was showing through its wing feathers and its one of the ringed Rockies then realising that ive not published photos taken earlier 25/3/2014 , so ..read more

 I havnt seen a Green winged Teal since 2010 at Bell Harbour. Yet again Bell Harbour turns up another 14 years later, I dipped on  the bird last week and turned up again early morning at high tide yesterday to no birds in the estuary......i went wandering but returned as the tide was dropping to find hundreds of ducks had come in, and there over to the left was this busy fella ..read more

 Up in Pine forest not far from Maurice Mills and a new place to walk the dog. I was watching a Male Crossbill high in the tree tops when it dipped down I was trying to find the bird as I started to see Red Squirells feeding on the Pine cones, very hard to see , but once found easy to follow ..read more

 Its always worth checking the grain spillage around the Horse fields near Seafield ,  plenty of Chaffinch, Linnet, Skylark and Reed Bunting can be seen but the gems are the Tree Sparrows that mix with the flock ..read more

 Starting at Blackhead with just some Great northern Diver and Black Guillemot, the next stop is into the shade of Gleninagh hills at Coolsiva Harbour where birds can be seen offshore with the scope, 8 Black throated Divet, plenty of Great nothern divers and around 80 Common Scotor. Round to Ballyvaughn where pairs of Red breasted Merganzer, flocks of Wigeon and Brent Geese. 2 Long tailed Duck were being follow by a Herring Gull ..read more

 I love to come into the Ludo NP in the Ria Formosa , every time I come it shares a wildlife moment me. A fantastic place to get close to water birds and miles of good walking in predominantly good weather. Flamongos, |Spoonbill, Avocet, Black winged Stilt, Black tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Sanderling , Common Sandpiper and Caspain Terns.  Raptors were here too with Osprey, Booted Eagles, Marsh Harriers and Peregrine all seen within the walk. Pochard, Pintail, Shovelar and Gadwall made up the ducks and a I found a 1st winter Red-rumped Swallow that has overstayed hawking the pond with Cr ..read more

 Around the hotel and most of the beach front of Praia de Faro that shows shrubbery you could find one of 3 birds. Black Redstarts flit around rooftops and gardens, Chiffchaffs seemed to be everywhere in most available shrubbery and Sardinian Warblers that are real locals. A male Black Redstart will always catch the eye, but as usual they are always at a safe distance and if not they will just  leave, come back later ,they like a favorite perch.                                         ..read more

 Just south of Faro are miles of deserted beach and back beach that holds a great concentration of Gulls, Cormorants and waders Mostly this area is inaccessible, mainly covered by boat and birdwatching tours, but for a hardy coastal lad like myself the draw of so many Gulls are worth the walk. When the road ends at Praia de Faro a boardwalk carries on for over a mile then its sand and out of sight Yellow legged Gulls and Audouin`s Gull Nice flock of Audouins Gull with over 50 birds on an outer bank Lesser Black backed Gulls and Audouin`s Gulls Audouin ..read more

 A walk up toward the end of the beach Island of Praia de Faro you come to the start of deserted sandbanks that offer shelter and safety to thousands of Gulls. Flamingos, Cormorants and Waders. I was hoping for a new Gull. There was plenty of Audouin`s Gulls with the Thousands of  Yellow legged and Lesser Blacked Gulls but things got better as a fisherman walked over a distant sand dune putting up a lot of birds further down....and I picked up 8 Slender billed Gulls in the scope as they flew onto the sandbanks that I was viewing , they stayed a bit distant but decent scope views. &nb ..read more

 I was visiting family and friends during the morning when suddenly I was granted a few hours to my self. I headed to Cefn Bryn on the Gower, an upland heath with Gorse patches that was up behind a friends home, where I believed I could find Dartford Warbler,  a species that has re established residency in south Wales but still remains one of Wales rarest breeding birds    I had tried looking in other locations where they have been seen previous over the last few visits home to Wales with no joy. The !Bryn! was quiet, wet, yet the day had improved. I geared up and took a wa ..read more