Month: August 2021
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31st August 2021 – Severn Beach, Gloucestershire
It’s that time of the year again when we see birds migrating south. The weather at Severn Beach suggested it was a very sensible thing to be doing. We saw a couple of wheatears. The name wheatear is derived from the Old English for ‘white’ (wheat) and ‘arse’ (ear) referring to their white rump which…
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29th August 2021 – Somerset Levels
A morning on the Somerset Levels and then lunch in the Sheppey Inn. What more can you ask for? Maybe sunshine.
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26th August 2021 – Stoke Park Estate, Bristol
I had seen reports of whinchat in Stoke Park this morning and popped across to see if I could see them. I had no luck but was very pleased to see a common sandpiper fly across Duchess Pond but wasn’t quick enough to get a photo. Fortunately, when we moved to the other side of…
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18th August 2021 – Teifi Marshes, Ceredigion
Our visit to the Welsh Wildlife Centre at the Teifi Marshes Reserve was not the happy experience we had enjoyed last year when we saw an otter. The first hide (Kingfisher hide) had been raised to the ground by arsonists and the only bird in sight was a mallard. At the Creek hide all we…
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16th August 2021 – Ceredigion, Wales
Yesterday the weather was so poor that I only managed a handful of photos, taken at our holiday cottage, of a buzzard and a small tortoiseshell butterfly. We explored a bit of the Ceredigion coast paths near Cymtydu (south of Newquay) and a nature reserve NNR Rhos Llawr Cwrt, where it was so wet and…
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14th August 2021 – Ceredigion, Wales
A combination of poor weather, very good weather, other activity holidays and golf has restricted my opportunity for nature photography but we have returned to Wales on holiday full of optimism for the week ahead. However, the first two days have presented little opportunity as the weather has been poor. Yesterday we took a deviation…
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