Feeding the birds is a fun activity for children to get involved in, it's a way they can clearly see what they're doing is good by the birds eating and coming to the garden. There's a lot of different things you can make for your garden birds - the funest and messiest is definitely making … Continue reading Kids: Bird treat making
For those of you who don't already know, I love my garden! I love to encourage all types of wildlife into the wild space and I enjoy planting and growing my own. So that being said, I've been gifted some Seedballs to show you the easiest way of encouraging wildlife into your garden so matter … Continue reading Seedball – easy wildlife gardening
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
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!
This year, my yearly venture to Portugal was slightly earlier than usual and was the first time I had gone without my mum! Day 1: This was not actually our first day but it was the first day that myself and Espen were together and the first day of birding. We stayed around the Villa … Continue reading A trip to Portugal’16
I've now finished most of the construction work for Garden Watch ready for the cameras to go up. I've finished building the last feeding station today, I'm extremely keen on recycling so the new station is made out of my old swing set, a recycling box and decorations from my mum's old table. This station … Continue reading Latest on Garden Watch
Dan Rouse 