Waders : Crymlyn Burrows

Made my first visit of late Summer/Autumn to Crymlyn Burrows just west of the River Neath this afternoon in the hope of a few passage waders.
High tide was at 4.18pm and I arrived an hour before to find local birder Rob Jones scanning through the Ringed Plovers with a small supporting cast of Dunlin, there was nothing much else of interest to enthuse over and the grey overcast conditions were not exactly great for photography, the birds were always wary and difficult to get close to but I managed a few 'record' shots.
Hopefully there will be better to come over the next couple of months........

BadgerWatch

Yesterday evening I was invited along to a "badgerwatch" with good friend and fellow "togger" Richard Smith, we had high hopes that the fine weather would hold but by the time we were in position drizzle had moved in and we were both shooting at a high ISO as the light started to fade, the badgers didn't disappoint though and the most we had out in the open at one time was eight..........

We were also fortunate to have a small group of Fallow Deer visit the badger area and although the frightened badgers retreated to their sett the visit provided a nice photo opportunity in the gloom.......