Being a first language Welsh speaker and learning English later on in my childhood, aswell as having the benefit of speaking to the media and local birders through Welsh. Welsh names for wildlife, birds, in particular, has always been something I have been proud of knowing and often times that make me laugh or think … Continue reading Wonderful Welsh Bird Names
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
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
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
For the past year, I have been running two Instagram account and two Twitter accounts - I felt that I couldn't truly express myself through this blog because I wanted to keep it strictly professional, I have been taking advice from many people including my father and brother and have decided that I don't particularly … Continue reading Identity Crisis & Plans for 2017
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the Naturetrek Presentation night in Cardiff. The event was to showcase the amazing tours the three tour leaders there had to offer as well as enabling us to ask questions and view images from the tours. When I say I had an awful start, this … Continue reading Naturetrek Presentation: Awful start to an amazing night
