just a random walk around the part where trees were chopped down there were a mixture of

Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Great Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Spotted Flycatchers, Willow Warblers, Woodpigeons, G.S Woodpecker,  Jackdaws, Maglpies, Wrens, Robins and the occasional blackbird 🙂

23/8/14

we went for a walk down to sker farm and one of the fields towards the yellow house there was a whimbrel there on its own

hi all just a bird related post but not a sighting 

can you pass this on im doing a little challenge / survay about birds in the garden 

i have made a page on facebook for people across south wales to post what they see on their bird feeders whatever time a day and they can post as many times as they like along with where their location is and what day, and hopefully with enough people across south wales and if people hopefully posts on here i can gather this information and see whats thriving and whats declining in our gardens and also what wildlife is around too.

im setting myself this task because its nice to help or attract people into start looking after their wildlife

so please with your help can you share this link thank you i know it may be pointless but its a bit of fun for people as well 🙂

https://www.facebook.com/SouthWalesGardenBirdWatch

hi all can u identify this butterfly im sure its a fratillery or some sort but which one, taken down aberavon sanddunes by the old BP

 

 

 

 

bout 8 gannets were seen close in at aberavon beach, seen from the prom about half 8 last night then drifted west towards mumbles very high tide last night but really calm, beautifull

doing a beach walk on aberavon beach (half) i had come across yet again dead birds 1 dead herring gul, 1 gullimot and a manx shearwater (no ring tag) maybe due to bad weather the past couple of days but i think its worth a look in other beaches and maybe come across some that maybe still alive and need help just a thought………..

went to oxwhich on saturday bout 4ish where we saw and head a good few chettis warblers, reed Warblers, whitethroats and the ususal wrens, robins. blackbirds etc and also the noise that keeps bugging me that i still cant seem to spot is that there was a Green Woodpecker heard numerous times around by the marsh and the pond by the road, tried for ages to try to spot it but could not see it i have checked the voice/call compared to other woodpeckers and im sure its the green woodpecker heard.

dont know if u all have een reading the evening post but here http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Search-Swansea-parrot-s-owners/story-20934897-detail/story.html#comments

hello done a beached survey on aberavon beach from the end of the prom down to the river along sanddunes did not do other half of beach due to tide coming in and i encountered a number of 23 dead seabirds 😦 5 first year puffins, 1 fulmar, 1 unknown gull, 5 razorbills and 10 guillemots there was one strange thing i noticed about the dead birds that they were all intact except that most of their legs had been cut off and there were 3 birds with there heads and legs cut clean off which i found quite strange didnt look like animal contact most birds eyes were still visiable there was one bird which was a razorbill that was ringed metal ring from brit museum M77 212 looked as if it was just ringed no scrapes or sings of age such a sad time 

i braved the 100mph winds in aberavon beach up to the docks, i did see the ross’s gull, LG, HG, LBBG, BHG and the Med Guls

i also looked in the lake where i saw 4 swans, 8 mallards, 4 coots and a female goosander

 

the dead bird count was a very sad 6 guillemots some still in summer plumage and some in witer plumage, a fulmar and a ringed razorbill with metal ring on right leg starting with the numbers K16 534 from Brit Museum, London SW4 i managed to get the ring as the bird was rather decomposed and i could identify the bird by its beak 😦 also to my horror down by the old peoples homes not swn y mor but the one before it was a female harbour porpoise which just died as i went to it 😦 broke my heart phoned coastgard and it had been notified and by the time they went to collect it it washed back out to the sea 😦 if i were there earlier i could or tried to have saved it i know it sounds stupid but judging by its blow hole and swollen abdomen, it looked like it had drowned and water and gases filled up the body, tongue was not swollen, it did have a lot of dents in her skin good but very sad day, i did look along the coast to see if i could find birds alive but nope mostly dead ones.