Water Rail : Parc Slip NR,Tondu,Bridgend

I didn't fancy twitching the Western Orphean Warbler down in Pembrokeshire today and as I had promised my daughter that I would photograph my eldest grandson Ethan playing rugby for Maesteg Welsh U13s against Pontyclun RFC I stayed local and dropped in at Parc Slip NR which is less than a 10min drive for me and managed to catch up with a fairly showy Water Rail feeding around the margins of the pond behind the visitor centre.

Oh,and my grandson's team won by about 70pts by the way

Turtle Dove : Cosmeston Country Park

Few images taken this afternoon of the juv/1st winter Turtle Dove found in the west paddocks on Sat 9.November 2013,quite a late record for this species.

"Oddz n Sodz".......

Few "oddz n sodz" from the last few grey,gloomy,wet and windy weekends.

Common Gull : KNNR
Rock Pipit : Bracelet Bay,Swansea
Mediterranean Gull : Bracelet Bay,Swansea
Bearded Tit (M) : Cosmeston Country Park