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Updated 2 June 2020 - New blog post - A walk down Briton Ferry Canal
Showing posts with label Egret. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egret. Show all posts

Saturday, 4 January 2020

New Year walk at the WWT Llanelli


Date:  4 January 2020
Location:  WWT Llanelli
Weather:  Mixed bag of cloud and the odd bit of sun

Happy New Year Everyone! It's been forever since I have updated my blog, so one new year resolution is to get out there, find wonderful wildlife and blog at least once a week. 

Our first outing was to our local WWT nature reserve in Llanelli. We are members, so when we at a loose end we always venture down there to enjoy the wildlife and get some well needed fresh air.

This is what we discovered...

The Birds:

Robin
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Wood Pigeon
Little Egret
Tufted Duck (male)
Grey heron
Fungi:


Need Iding...
Jelly ear fungus
Close up of Jelly Ear Fungus
Need Iding...
Need Iding...
Turkey Tail Fungus

We were only there for a few hours, but it was lovely to be out and about again - nature is truly the best medicine and therapy anyone could want and I hope I can get outdoors as much as I can this year :)

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Day 18 - 30 Days Wild - Beachcombing in Bognor

* Today's random act of wildness - Beachcombing *

Today we ventured to Bognor Regis to stay for a few days with Dan's dad for Father's Day. I was worried I wouldn't be able to do anything 'wild' but was surprised at the amount of rooks that were in the service station we stopped at. They were so confident walking in and out of the cars and sitting in the trees - they are lovely looking birds :)

Rook
Rook in the tree
It took us forever to get to Bognor from Swansea, but we eventually arrived around 3pm. After spending some time with Dan's dad we had a little walk on the beach to see what we could see.

Middleton on Sea is mainly a sand and shingle beach with encourages an array of birds from Oystercatcher to Sanderling - the weather wasn't that great and the only birds we saw were a few egrets, heron gulls and lots of starlings.

Egret
Egret eating seaweed
Starlings

Apart from the birds there were lots of interesting things among the pebbles including lots of Spider Crab shells and mermaid's purse.

Mermaid's Purse with other bits of wash up organic items
Whelk egg case
Lots of Spider crab shells
The beach with Butlins in the distance