There's one thing that every Brit can agree on - we all love Strawberries! I've been growing my own strawberries for about 5 years now, but having to buy shop bought Strawberries during my time at Slimbridge, you can really taste the difference. My homegrown are very very sweet, the varieties I grow are Cambridge's Favourites… Continue reading The nations favourite
June sees the start of The Wildlife Trust's #30DaysWild campaign. The aim of the campaign is to get as many people as possibly to do something wild every day and connect them to nature. Because I work outdoors and with my birds, I've decided to try and challenge myself to do something other than my… Continue reading 30 Days Wild – Week 1
Parks are usually found within every town or city. In Wales, we have many Country parks around with one either side of my city. One of my favourites is Margam Country Park in Port Talbot because it's a major part of my childhood, but also it adds a sense of nature and tranquillity to the… Continue reading Exploring parks – Margam Country Park
Yesterday, Myself, Sammy and Pam for the first RHS Spring show in Cardiff. This was the first time any of us had attended this show so didn't know what to expect. Walking in, it was absolutely amazing with so much colour around and the smell of all the plants was so striking. We had a… Continue reading National Gardening Week
Gardens can be easily adapted to home Wildlife of all kinds, the simplest thing to do is to introduce some wildlife friendly plants to your gardens. The plants listed below can all be grown in either a border for larger gardens or can be grown in pots - ideally, you'll want larger pots or trough pots… Continue reading 5 easy Wildlife friendly plants
The usual venture out to the coast to scout through gulls and ducks was on the cards for February, with the weather being as odd and unpredictable as usual, there was little else to do. Sammy and I arrived at Rhossili midday last week and after some lunch, we positioned ourselves on a bunker just… Continue reading Fungi February
This week (Feb 14th-21st) is National Nestbox Week and is definitely one of my favourite yearly celebrations. You can nab yourself some great deals on boxes, kits and some goodies for your gardens or wild spaces. To kick-start the week, myself and my very good friend Sammy went to visit the boxes at WWT Llanelli… Continue reading National Nestbox week
January has been a less than exciting month for me personally, but there's plenty of wildlife activity going on that makes up for it all! Over the Winter period is a great time to get out and look for large numbers of ducks, geese and swans. Places like WWT Welney or WWT Martin Mere have… Continue reading Wildlife in January
Another year, another trip to Bardsey Bird Observatory, located on a quiet island just off North wales- It's one of my favourite places to visit. Myself and good friend Josie Hewitt, went for a week in September. We were hoping for some decent migrants to turn up and we weren't disappointed! Having arrived on the Saturday,… Continue reading Photographing Waders on Bardsey
Spring and Summer are my favourite times of the year, the birds are in full song, displaying and then the nesting begins! I'm part of the Nest Recording Scheme for the BTO which means I check nest boxes and nests to monitor the progress. I currently have 42 passerine boxes and some other boxes at… Continue reading Start of Nesting season!
