Month: August 2020
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30th August 2020 – North Somerset
The forecast was good (no rain and some sunshine) and we fancied a walk in the country. We opted for the Mendips (a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol) especially as this would allow us to drive past Chew Valley Lake where an osprey had been reported in the last few days.…
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29th August 2020 – Eastville Park, Bristol
This morning we had a walk round our local park – the first time we have been there since the lock down in March. We have avoided the park as the pathways are generally quite congested with a constant flow of cyclists, joggers, dog walkers and others enjoying the nature and the gentle exercise in…
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16th August 2020 – Purton, Gloucestershire
For the last few days we have been reduced to staying at home because there have been lots of heavy thundery showers but today we took a risk and went for a walk along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal at Purton in Gloucestershire. Fortunately we managed to avoid getting soaked. The birds: As well as…
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7th August 2020 – The British Birds of Prey Centre
As I said in my last blog it was rather sad seeing the birds of prey in cages at the British Birds of Prey Centre but we both enjoyed the morning show of the birds of prey in flight. In this session we saw a Gyr Falcon, a Barn Owl, a Little Owl, Black and…
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7th August 2020 – National Botanical Gardens of Wales
We set off early from our lovely holiday cottage in Ceredigion (extra time is needed for greater disinfection and sanitisation of properties between lettings) and we were going to explore the Cambrian Mountains a little further. However, as we set off it started to rain and, as the hills were shrouded in mist, we didn’t…
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6th August 2020 – Llwyn-y-Groes, Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales
I accept that the contents of today’s blog may have a very tenuous link with nature but, nonetheless, I wanted to share my photos of today’s trip as it was a really worthwhile outing and a wonderful insight in to the culture and heritage of Wales. We visited Ty Zinc: Wales` destination shop for Welsh…
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5th August 2020 – Teifi Marshes near Cardigan, Wales
The Teifi Marshes are about 30 miles from where we are staying in Ceredigion but they are actually in Pembrokeshire near Cardigan. They are designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). We had visited them before and, as the weather didn’t look too promising, we thought this would make a good day out. On…
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4th August 2020 – Clywedog Reservoir
The weather was not so kind to us today. We drove north from our base near Aberaeron in search of adventure, but for most of the day there was drizzle or low cloud. Our fill of nature was the landscapes which we saw. Bear in mind I only took photos when it was dry enough…
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2nd August 2020 – Ceredigion, Wales
Only a few years ago I couldn’t imagine I would be visiting a raised bog in Mid Wales during the summer holidays. These are different times and there’s no doubt about it my tastes have changed. We visited Cors Caron National Nature Reserve in the hope of seeing some birds. We saw few birds and…
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1st August 2020 – Aberaeron, Wales
We are staying in a cottage in Ceredigion, 4 miles outside Aberaeron on the west coast of Wales. We had a slow start as it was pouring with rain first thing. By the time we arrived in Aberaeron it had stopped raining but it was still very gloomy (all this after one of the hottest…
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