A young photographer's adventures in the world of natural history
Our mainland home is a characterful little cottage nestled into the eastern hillside of Mynydd Rhiw, towards the tip of Pen Llyn. Overlooking Porth Neigwl from a picturesque vantage point, we’re pretty spoilt for views between our Bardsey house and mainland cottage! Tan Y Garn is also endowed with a super little garden of varying …
Another Saturday, another busy changeover day; the difference today, however, was that we were amongst the final boatload of visitors leaving the island aboard Colin’s bright yellow catamaran in the afternoon. Saying farewell to Bardsey’s familiar hump-backed silhouette, we passed the bustling auk colonies along the East Side, the oscillating flocks of Manx Shearwaters passing …
It was certainly a wild day weather-wise on the island, with a brisk south-westerly wind whisking through on the tail-end of a monstrous low pressure to the north of the UK. The day was mostly spent clearing up niggling jobs and preparing gear for our departure from the island tomorrow: I am off on our …
After a rather moist and misty start, the receding clouds and emerging sunshine revealed a sparkling vista of water droplets carpeting the island; everything from spider's webs to the delicate seed heads of grasses were laden with water, refracting the sun in a cliche but stunning scene! The fragrance of wildflowers and rich vegetation was …
Continue reading A look at lepidoptera | Day 22 of 30 Days Wild
As young naturalist Dara McAnulty notes in his excellent blog, its a lot harder to blog about this month's wild moments than it is to experience them: wildlife pervades our daily lives no matter where you live, although it may be that some of us need to spend some time 'tuning in' to the natural …
The day started with a proverbial bang in the morning, when a message came through on the VH radio that an Ocean Sunfish was lolling about in the sea just off Pen Cristin. I’d just returned from a morning walk, so sprinted up the hill to join Mark and Sian, before locking on to this …
The overpowering heat today made doing anything outside rather exhausting either side of dawn and dusk. That said, the calm and sunny weather made for ideal conditions to carry out this month’s BeeWalk survey. This year I decided to set up a Bee-recording transect on the island as part of a wider national citizen science …
