The Swift Swifts are the most incredible birds (in my very biased opinion) as they spend the vast majority of their lives in the air. They eat, sleep and mate…
August: Wildlife Pond at Broad Hay
This month, Barrie Swinnerton looks back over the development of the wildlife pond that he and his wife Margaret have created and nurtured over the years. We dug out the…
Moths
I first started collecting, identifying and photographing moths back in the seventies when I worked at Swansea University in the Zoology department museum.
The Reluctant Rhossili Bird Blog 2
Rhossili Birds Following the rave reviews[i] and rapturous reception for the first instalment of the Reluctant Rhossili Bird Blog I am pleased to be able to announce to an unsuspecting…
Summer on the Vile
The Vile is the local name for the area of the Rhossili headland within the dry-stone walls that separate it from the common land. The name “Vile” or “Viel” is…
The Reluctant Rhossili Bird Blog
When, back in the mists of time, The Lady of the Hwb asked me to do a blog about nature or birds for the Rhossili Hwb, I wasn’t entirely convinced. I tried ignoring her, I tried deflection, I tried obfuscation, prevarication and delay. None of this worked. The Hwb Lady was not to be denied. And I suppose she had a point.