tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129697042012-01-28T20:36:22.585ZWaynenoreply@blogger.comBlogger4201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-4304710289419832162012-01-28T20:25:00.005Z2012-01-28T20:36:22.603Z

The 2ndW Iceland Gull was sat on the roof of the converted chapel at Pen Y Bryn when I drove past at 10.00am this morning but apparently had disappeared by 10.30am. A text from Dave Rich informed me that it had returned late this afternoon so myself and Peter "Pedro" Morgan called back there from Parc Slip where we had spent some time. Bit of a difference in the quality of the light

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-74906962758567779072012-01-22T19:46:00.012Z2012-01-22T20:17:02.641Z

Few shots of the Iceland Gull which was the only bird in the field alongside the chapel as I drove past mid-morning on the way to Kenfig. I txtd Mark Hipkin who put the word out and was soon joined by Port Talbot birders Dave Sharps and Phil Routliffe,Kevin turned up a little later as he had the same idea as me of going to Kenfig and we all enjoyed superb views of

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Having seen most of the good local birds recently myself and Peter met up down at Aberavon Beach on Saturday morning to have a look for the 1stW Iceland Gull found by fellow "Maestegi" Colin Gittins last Tuesday which showed up until Friday but was nowhere to be seen yesterday,bloomin' typical ! We retreated up to the town centre in the hope of catching up with the Goosanders wintering on the

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Not a dodgy firm of solicitors, but the three star birds from a morning out at Llwyn-onn Reservoir and Garwnant. Mike Hogan and a group of Carmarthenshire (the land of milk and honey) photographers were already on the Water Pipit when I arrived at Llwyn-onn, and, as I travelled round towards Garwnant, I renewed my aquaintance with the Great Northern Diver which was busy (cray)fishing on the

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-51831732967149095022012-01-08T20:54:00.011Z2012-01-08T21:31:46.189Z

Although I'd paid a visit to the various locations previously Peter Morgan and myself headed to the north of the county today as Willow Tit and GN Diver were both "lifers" for Peter and it was a chance for both of us to take a few photos. Two Willow Tits showed after a little while at Nelson Bog with one coming to the food which we put down on the rail of the bridge over the stream by the railway

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-75582398656531102352012-01-08T20:41:00.006Z2012-01-08T20:53:43.975Z

Teresa and myself paid a visit up to Llangors yesterday to check out the caravan and I took the opportunity of doing a bit of birdin' hoping to catch up with the two Whooper Swans and Great White Egret that has been around for a few weeks. The Whoopers were on the severely flooded meadow to the rear of the sailing club but despite a visit over to Llangasty I didn't connect with the GWE.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-76271545976718967172012-01-06T21:14:00.015Z2012-01-06T21:34:26.944Z

"Few" images from a visit to Llwyn On Reservoir north of Merthyr Tydfil today in company with fellow "togger" Richard "Smudger" Smith, our target species being the juvenile Great Northern Diver found by Mike Hogan a couple of weeks ago. It gave us the runaround for a while but we finally pinned it down.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-58107270603713759182012-01-02T20:06:00.011Z2012-01-02T21:05:37.057Z

I couldn't resist giving Oxwich Bay a visit this week what with all of the seabird activity reported during the last couple of weeks and yesterday gave old friend Neil Davies a call at his home in Blackpill. As my visit coincided with high tide we checked the Blackpill roost before setting off for Oxwich,there were large numbers of waders present with Godwits,Dunlin,Knot,Ringed Plover,Curlew and

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-48900377102978910252011-12-29T19:24:00.010Z2011-12-29T20:16:55.335Z

With the weather over the Xmas holiday being a little indifferent to say the least I was determined to get out with the camera yesterday and take advantage of the sunshine forecast and some good light for a change. I started the day down at Pontyclun having a good look at a couple of stretches of the River Ely for Goosander (but without any luck) with the intention of moving on to Gileston for

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Although the light was crap all day with a blanket of grey cloud cover I took a stroll along the riverwalk from Aberafan Town Centre down past McDonalds and back in the hope of catching up with the Goosanders that Terry Tovey has been reporting on the GBC sightings page. I've seen them in previous winters when I've been out with Teresa but never with a camera in my hand and sure enough they were

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-15908127359932411592011-12-24T15:40:00.008Z2011-12-24T16:05:25.659Z

There haven't been any photos of owls on this (or any other Glamorgan) blog for all of . . . oh, I don't know - two weeks? And so, I was delighted when these two appeared on our Christmas tree this week. This is just a record shot of course and the light was terrible I was slowly moving in to take that killer image when another photographer appeared out of the blue, stomped right up to them

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-65218031030282357012011-12-18T18:46:00.015Z2011-12-18T19:36:21.769Z

I dashed down to Ogmore on Saturday morning in the hope the the adult Iceland Gull found earlier in the week by Dean Bolt would still be around,if it was and I could get some pics it would be a "photo tick" for me. The bird had been proving elusive but I was lucky and found it within a couple of minutes loafing with the mixed gull flock on Portobello Island,I managed a few quick shots before

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-3018402103334115552011-12-18T18:35:00.005Z2011-12-18T18:46:00.902Z

Popped down to Dunraven again on Sat a.m 10.Dec with a couple of hours to spare hoping to get a few pics of the Black Redstart in better light. Unfortunately the light wasn't any better despite a good forecast and the redstart didn't show either although it was seen by others in the afternoon !! As I drove past the gravel car park at the top of the hill I noticed a Kestrel perched upon the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-28876840476614770262011-12-04T20:09:00.008Z2011-12-04T20:31:09.036Z

Popped down to Southerdown first thing this morning before the bad weather came in hoping to catch up with the Black Redstart that had been seen around the Heritage Centre during the last week.It only took me about 5 minutes to catch up with the bird although it was very mobile flitting between the roof of the Heritage Centre and the trees surrounding the thatched cottage opposite. It also

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-8884254517543643622011-12-04T19:52:00.010Z2011-12-04T20:08:12.093Z

Myself and Colin Richards ventured up to Mynydd Margam yesterday morning in the hope of catching up with the Great Grey Shrike found by Gwyn Randall and the Port Talbot lads last weekend,no such luck I'm afraid although we searched several clear fells for a few hours. We did get good numbers of Lesser Redpoll,Common

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-58351791264021903952011-11-27T18:34:00.010Z2011-11-27T18:58:13.803Z

Paid another visit to Rumney Great Wharf at first light this morning in the hope that the highest tide for some time just after 8.00a.m would push some of the SEOs up on to the rough grass area. I was really hoping that one or two would perch up so that I could get some "static" shots,some birds duly obliged,how lucky was that ?? !! There were about 15 SEOs around and I "flushed" 6

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-27990592165049834552011-11-21T20:31:00.008Z2011-11-22T00:13:29.061Z

I notice that the Birders in Boxers 'Imagemeister' has been invited to present a talk on Feb 8th entitled 'My First Digital Year' at the prestigious Glamorgan Wildlife Photographic Club . . . . Meeting will be held at 7.30pm at The Reading Room, Bonvilston (near Cowbridge), opposite shop on A48. Everyone most welcome. Members £1, Non-members £3. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Better

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-20310646514677743902011-11-20T19:23:00.003Z2011-11-20T19:43:57.199Z

I've been a bit worried about the standard of the photography on this blog of late. So I thought it was about time I posted an image more befitting the quality we have come to expect over the years . . . . . Slavonian Grebe at Lisvane Reservoir What you mean you can't see it?! It to the right behind the Tuftie. Originally found by Rob Thomas, Geth and I picked it up during our WeBS count this

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-51854060855808950322011-11-19T21:13:00.013Z2011-11-19T21:32:36.648Z

Spent some time at Rumney Great Wharf today with fellow "toggers" "Smudger" and "Pedro",we put up 2 SEOs as we walked across to the rocks from Sluice Farm at about 11.00am. Another 2 started to hunt at mid-day and probably 5 different birds hunted on and off until we left at about 4.00pm. The light on a drab,grey

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-18052788370208576592011-11-13T21:35:00.013Z2011-11-13T21:56:27.911Z

Teresa knows me only too well when I suggest I take her for a few hours shopping to Cribbs Causeway in Bristol rather than Culverhouse Cross,"Short eared Owls is it " she replies and one duly obliged flying at just after 2.00pm in glorious light with another joining it just as the light faded at about 4.oopm. I was a little nervous

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-74082119625957573692011-11-06T20:18:00.012Z2011-11-06T21:01:57.330Z

With both Dan and Wayne away at a BTO gig in Norfolk for the weekend something good was bound to turn up and it did !!! A text from Mark Hipkin at about 3.15pm yesterday gave news that an Isabelline Wheatear no less had been found "on the mound" at Wernffrwd on north Gower,unbelievable - a local MEGA !! I later found out that the bird had been found by Rob Taylor,nice one Rob,brilliant find.

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I'd been keeping an eye on the two rarities within reasonable driving distance since they turned up during the week with a view to "twitching" at least one of them but as Saturday dawned the Pied Wheatear which had shown so well at Oldbury on Severn was nowhere to be seen and by late morning when the forecast rain arrived the Isabelline Shrike at Porth Clais in Pembrokeshire hadn't been

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-88271766907375760092011-10-29T17:27:00.014+01:002011-10-29T18:33:16.254+01:00

I had a day off on Friday, October 28th and, since the current Mrs Jenkins-Jones and beloved daughter Gwenni were away in London for the weekend, Geth and I hatched a couple of birding plans: Plan A: Get up early, bird our patch on the Radyr Floodplain and find ourselves a 'mega'. Plan B: Get up early, bird our patch on the Radyr Floodplain, find bugger all and then go and twitch somebody

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-8370954391360644492011-10-22T19:30:00.008+01:002011-10-22T19:41:43.260+01:00

Arranged to meet up with Clive Ellis at first light this a.m to have a look for owls along Rumney Great Wharf,unfortunately despite a good walk over a few hours we didn't get lucky but I managed to get a few "images" of an unusually obliging Cetti's Warbler on the way back in quite nice light.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-24978170629131463102011-10-16T19:06:00.007+01:002011-10-16T19:34:26.476+01:00

Myself and Teresa enjoyed a relaxing peaceful weekend up at the caravan and the only birding I did was to call in at Llangasty Point on Llangors Lake on our way back from a visit to Crickhowell on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately despite scanning for an hour or so there was nothing of any real interest although wildfowl numbers are building,suffice to say the camera didn't see the light of day.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-60559276527289406502011-10-08T12:01:00.004+01:002011-10-08T12:56:43.660+01:00

We Boxer Boys certainly know how to celebrate in style. Being well known connoisseurs of fine dining we managed to pull a few strings and get a much sought after table at the 3 Michelin Star McArthur Glenn Pizza Hut to note the occasion of Gethin's entry into the UK 250 Club. Gethin (a.k.a. The Twitchmeister) was presented with a 'Diploma in Birding' by the Birders in Boxers Board of

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-58164644044729713342011-10-02T20:44:00.005+01:002011-10-02T20:53:45.115+01:00

Called in to the Watermill on the way home from the caravan after a barren weekend in that birding wilderness of Breconshire,thankfully the bird was still there enjoying the fine weather over the weekend. Tried to sneak up on it using the hedegrow halfway down the field but it wasn't having any and took to the air a couple of times but always came back to the flood where it seemed quite

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-91173649392427033492011-10-01T12:20:00.008+01:002011-10-01T13:03:00.598+01:00

Just a couple of humble photographic offerings to back up the posts already made by Jeff and Wayne below. I'd like to make the obligatory opening disclaimer made by all photographers who post their images on any website in the world: "at no time was I happy with the light conditions when these images were taken"!! Not a creature from Doctor Who - it's a very wet Twitchmeister at

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-58615363389914668452011-09-29T21:54:00.002+01:002011-09-29T21:58:14.206+01:00

I turned 50 something again today and thought I'd post a photo of the birthday cake my very clever daughter Adele baked me.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-70617767491742497762011-09-29T21:30:00.013+01:002011-09-29T21:53:44.398+01:00

I think Wayne has said it all in his earlier post,whilst the weather stayed dry for the walk through the woods,along the causeway and out on to the saltmarsh true to form it started to rain as soon as we were able to get on the birds which initially were quite difficult to find. I haven't birded in such miserable conditions for a long time and daren't have got the camera out of it's bag until a

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-34019199864036080492011-09-29T21:10:00.011+01:002011-09-29T21:28:34.963+01:00

I'd noticed on Birdguides the adult Sabines Gull and juvenile Grey Phalarope that had turned up at Grafham Water which is only 5 mins or so off the A14 not far from Huntingdon and an easy diversion. We called in on the way up to Norfolk but the weather was so wet that we didn't even get out of the car. I hoped all week that the two would stay around and that I could get them on our way back and

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-87748848048250236632011-09-29T20:33:00.028+01:002011-09-29T21:02:55.556+01:00

Having decided not to go abroad on holiday this year myself and Teresa enjoyed a week in a cottage at Cley. The weather was generally kind with very little rain although most days were quite windy which tended to keep the Beardies down in the reedbeds at both Titchwell and Cley and being south-westerly and not north-easterly was totally in the wrong direction. Rarities were very thin on the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-1315938348991084812011-09-27T09:40:00.004+01:002011-09-27T11:52:45.762+01:00

The TM notched up his 250 this summer, but he’s not one to rest on his laurels! And so it was, with a bunch of Nearctic waders settling in Glamorgan of all places, the Boxers headed west on Saturday for a mixed collection of ticks - Life, Wales and Glamorgan. Naturally, it p*&%ed down for most of the morning, but nevertheless with some effort and perseverance we managed to connect with the

Waynenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-32232166063285838232011-09-17T22:07:00.004+01:002011-09-18T11:51:07.229+01:00

Have a look at this. It's the trailer for the new 'The Big Year' movie (based on the book by Mark Obmascik of the same name). You'd never say it it anything at all to do with birding!! And what the hell has Steve Martin done to his face?!? (By the way, when you click on it you will go go a pre-trailer trailer for a completely different film . . . only last about 15secs)

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-53506438653515906042011-09-11T15:53:00.007+01:002011-09-11T16:24:21.158+01:00

Geth (aka The Twitchmeister) reached a birding milestone today. An Arctic Skua flying past Porthcawl during a seawatch this morning was his 250th UK tick. Unfortunately for all present at the seawatch this particular Arctic Skua was nowhere near as close to us as the one which Jeff saw yesterday at Ogmore (see images in blog below). Also unfortunate for all present was the fact that they

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-78458022818795887922011-09-10T20:53:00.011+01:002011-09-10T21:23:42.560+01:00

Myself and Peter Morgan popped down to Ogmore late morning today in the hope of catching up with the recently found Little Stint in better light than I had managed to photograph it on Thursday evening. We walked the riverbank down river from Portbello Island but the stint was nowhere to be seen,a migrating Wheatear posed at a distance but was flighty and some loafing Cormorants provided a nice

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-49596665290157053012011-09-10T20:24:00.013+01:002011-09-10T20:50:14.179+01:00

Having spent a few evening's in last week because of the poor weather I took advantage of a break in the drizzle Thursday evening to pop down to Ogmore after work in the hope that the recently found juvenile Little Stint would still be around. It took me about five minutes to find the bird which was where it had been previously located about 200m down river from Portobello House in company with a

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-45420311331528800102011-09-03T20:58:00.014+01:002011-09-03T21:35:28.295+01:00

To end my week off on a further nautical note Teresa and myself booked on one of the Sea Trust's cetacean survey pelagics out of Neyland Marina and after an early start we were soon meeting up with Cliff Benson and the other participants at the marina cafe. We set off on time and were soon "steaming" down the haven towards open water which once encountered was "lumpy" to say the least and it

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-47896502875913446722011-09-03T17:42:00.021+01:002011-09-03T20:53:18.082+01:00

After the cancellation of the Cornwall Pelagic out of St Ives on Saturday 27.August with Kevin and Dan I enjoyed the long August Bank Holiday weekend up at the caravan with Teresa before on Tuesday morning heading down from Llangors to Richard Smith's house in Llantrisant for Sue to drop us both at Cardiff Central station to join up with 10 other participants on the Brittany Ferries "Pont

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-3201137965926923112011-08-29T18:47:00.006+01:002011-08-29T19:06:46.856+01:00

Having said I'd get up "first thing" in my previous posting I suppose I'd better prove that I did! Well I did, and I'm really glad I did. It wasn't quite as busy as the previous morning, and we didn't have the excitement of adding any new species to the patch life list, but it was worth getting up to see the numbers of Chiffchaff going through Radyr Floodplain (The Scrub). We counted at

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-19538307168299570762011-08-27T21:06:00.008+01:002011-08-27T21:44:31.287+01:00

In terms of notable UK 'falls' of birds this one would probably be better described as a very small 'stumble'. It wouldn't register more than 0.001 on the Ornithological Richter Scale, but in terms of Gethin's and my patch (Radyr Floodplain/Forest Farm/Glamorgan Canal nr Whitchurch, Cardiff) today was positively historic . . . and I nearly missed out on it by being a lazy bugger. Geth had

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-32359879551920368852011-08-22T20:36:00.027+01:002011-08-22T21:57:43.830+01:00

It's August and so the Jenkins-Joneses must be down on their annual summer holidays in beautiful Pembrokeshire. (Every year, I'd like to go to Norfolk on our holidays, but the current Mrs Jenkins-Jones prefers Pembrokeshire. And so every year we compromise - the secret of a successful marriage - and we end up in Pembrokeshire). Now, if you're a birder, early August isn't usually the bestest

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-5237601545652304722011-07-24T20:28:00.031+01:002011-07-24T20:55:12.416+01:00

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-69550148884753738542011-07-02T21:57:00.011+01:002011-07-02T22:08:43.148+01:00

After buying my "new" secondhand Canon f4 IS 500mm last weekend I thought I'd put it to the test this morning by trying to photograph some local Little Owls,and after a 4.00am start here are some of the results........

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-27269270805689465252011-06-03T21:03:00.010+01:002011-06-03T21:18:07.397+01:00

Had the week off work for Whitsun so myself and Teresa spent some time up at the caravan,managed to get out a few times with the camera.............

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-51865657698247374272011-05-22T17:18:00.009+01:002011-05-22T18:24:37.619+01:00

Who'd have thought that after the Whiskered Tern episode in Sept 2010 that something similar could have happened again today especially after setting out just to try and photograph summer migrants in a local wood !! I set out this morning to visit Cwm Nant Gwyn best accessed from the track over Mynydd Ty Talwyn and soon bumped into Paul

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-20805243006594879862011-05-15T20:44:00.007+01:002011-05-15T21:01:44.518+01:00

Had a stroll through a couple of local woods last Thursday evening after work and came across a Tawny Owl. First one that I've had a chance to photograph,taken well past 8.00pm in a murky canopy covered wood with ISO pushed to 3200 and shutter speed hovering around 1/20-1/30th sec,the technology of modern digital cameras is absolutely incredible.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-60028311219168274472011-05-08T20:35:00.019+01:002011-05-08T20:55:04.949+01:00

When visiting Llanilid after work last week the conditions were overcast and the light very

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-88245876060306482152011-05-04T22:24:00.006+01:002011-05-04T22:39:51.112+01:00

When the belated news broke of a summer plumaged Black-necked Grebe on one of the pools at Llanilid I knew that this was one bird that I wanted to attempt to photograph. I managed to get down to the site after work this evening and Peter "Pedro" Morgan was already on the bird and clicking away with his camera. The pool isn't very large but the bird prefered to

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-43043726435367215792011-05-03T21:21:00.015+01:002011-05-03T22:11:54.388+01:00

After the disappointment of not finding any Dotterel on Sat a.m I was well pleased when news broke on Sun a.m that Martin Bevan and Phil Hill had found a pair in the same location as the birds that were found by Graham Smith in 2010.

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On Sat 30.April myself and fellow enthusiastic bird photographer Peter "Pedro" Morgan decided to hook up with the GBC field trip to CCG and arranged with John Wilson to meet up with the rest of the paricipants at 09.45 at the reserve. Firstly though we agreed to meet to meet each other on the road below Cefn Cadlan and walk up to the limestone

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-49588463216140407882011-05-03T19:46:00.011+01:002011-05-03T20:18:46.971+01:00

Teresa and myself took advantage of the the second long weekend in a row by spending four nights up at caravan in Llangors and while she watched the royal wedding I made an early start and paid a visit to Park Wood in Talgarth in search of Wood Warbler. I had noted from the Brecknock Birds sightings page that Wood Warblers had

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-18213453621904422442011-04-25T20:36:00.009+01:002011-04-25T20:45:43.024+01:00

Teresa and myself have started using the caravan again since the season started a few weeks ago,I managed an hour down at the lake on Saturday evening and managed to get a few reasonable shots of Reed Warbler although the light was fading and I had to crank the ISO up more than I would have liked.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-80778925722877618732011-04-19T21:07:00.006+01:002011-04-19T21:19:10.592+01:00

I fancied a couple of hours out this evening after work and was going to pop down to Darren Woods to have a look for a Wood Warbler but after having a chat with Paul "Sid" Parsons decided instead to have a look around the fields behind Maesteg Cemetery. "Sid" assured me that the fields were a reliable site for Grasshopper Warbler and I wasn't dissapointed with four

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-45111036770930525562011-04-16T22:01:00.005+01:002011-04-16T22:33:25.534+01:00

Although I'm well into double figures for Great Grey Shrikes in the UK my list of the "summer" shrikes is quite pitiful in comparison with only one Red Backed Shrike and two previous Woodchat Shrikes so I was keen to catch up with this bird and hopeful of getting a few "snaps". I'd been keeping my fingers crossed all week that it would stay 'til the weekend and the bird duly obliged. I phoned

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-41067192994652347612011-03-28T21:29:00.009+01:002011-03-28T21:44:40.171+01:00

After a morning finishing off some DIY and doing a bit in the garden Teresa and myself popped down to Cardiff Bay in the afternoon for a couple of hours. Whilst Teresa relaxing in the car doing a bit of "people watching" I strolled across the barrage as far as the sails hoping that I may catch up with the Bonaparte's Gull. The light was very hazy (that's my excuse anyway) and I

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-89914136965716254202011-03-28T16:16:00.005+01:002011-03-28T16:31:38.552+01:00

. . . Triple Teal Tick. Geth and I had a T-riffic day out last Saturday when we managed to see the Blue-winged Teal at Sandy Water Park, and both Green-winged and Eurasian Teal at Peterstone.'T' is also for . . . 'Tick' - the Blue and Green-winged were lifers for Gethin and were Welsh ticks for me. 'Twitchmeister' 'Tunnocks' 'Try again' . . . Ever so slightly better than my first attempt (see

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-80199584187647910952011-03-26T22:37:00.014Z2011-03-26T23:17:02.359Z

I'd been keeping an eye on sightings of the recently found Blue-winged Teal all week hoping that it would stay until the weekend so that I could get some good "images" of what would be a "lifer" for me. After touching base with Dan on Friday evening we met up early this morning at Sarn Junc 36 on the M4 and

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Tuesday saw Wayne and me heading west and crossing over the Afon Llwchwr back to the heaven that is my home county of Carmarthenshire. We were there to pay homage to another westener - the Blue-winged Teal at Sandy Water Park, Llanelli. (Well, relative to Glamorgan, he's a westener whether he came from North America or Penclacwydd). Even though I say so myself, I think I've excelled myself this

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-20575593330587518722011-03-06T22:23:00.008Z2011-03-06T22:46:49.054Z

Not done a lot lately as I've been busy doing other stuff and what little I've done has been local. With news of a Wheatear in the last few days at St Brides I took a break from some DIYing and after visiting B+Q in Bridgend with Teresa this afternoon we popped down to Ogmore By Sea to see if I could locate and photograph a new arrival. Whilst a very patient Teresa

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Just in case anyone is interested (probably not I know!), here's a Google Map of Gethin (and my!) patch. View Gethin's Patch in a larger map

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Gethin is green with envy. The Boy Birder has discovered that he is not the Whitchurch (Glamorgan) Canal Nature Reserve's Top Lister - and not by a long way. While flicking through my old copies of the Young Ornithologist's Club's Bird Life magazines (yes, I've still got them, beginning from the Jul-Aug 1977 issue right up to Nov/Dec 1985), the Twitchmeister came across an article entitled 'On

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I left my home in Whitchurch Headed for the Cardiff Bay. 'Cos I've had nothing to bird for And look like nothing's gonna come my way.So I'm just gonna sit in the docks and the BayWatchin' the tide (fail to) roll awayOoh, I'm sitting in the docks and the Bay wasting time. Black Redstart was our target bird today, down around Cardiff Bay Barrage/Penarth Head. We dipped. Still, Geth and I had a

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It's half term, the current Mrs Jenkins-Jones and beloved daughter are away for a few days leaving us boys at home - let's get some birding in! Well, that was the plan for Gethin and me but a). I didn't fancy a trip to Chipping Norton, b). I didn't fancy a trip to a landfill site near Rainham, c). there's nowt else about and d). the weather is awful. Luckily, the Pink-footed Geese appeared to be

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It is with great sadness that we have to announce the break up of a wonderful relationship here in Birders in Boxers - Wayne's 'Dipmobile' is no longer with us. Gone into the hands of a non-birder who will never ever rev it up at the crack of dawn to travel hundreds of miles for a spectacular dip. The one and only - the original 'Dipmobile' A faithful friend, Wayne's trusty steed never let us

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Somehow managing to squeeze all our luggage, 'scopes, tripods and Tunnock's caramel wafers into the boot of the car, Kev (driver), Wayne (navigator), Geri (entertainment) and I (erm, making up the numbers) left Cardiff for our annual Norfolk jolly on Saturday, Jan 29th. 'Plan A' was to call in first at Buckenham Marshes/Cantley to bag the Lesser White-fronted Goose. Unfortunately, the goose must

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-13008363690286186242011-01-21T15:24:00.004Z2011-01-21T15:50:08.499Z

Hot off the press - the Co-op is currently selling Tunnock's Caramel Wafers (Birders in Boxers confectionary of choice) at the bargain price of £1 a packet - that's down an incredible 49p. As you can see I have taken advantage of this generous offer and completed all my packing for next weekend's trip to Norfolk.

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-91639510771909938802011-01-14T13:12:00.041Z2011-01-19T09:45:58.653Z

Back in late 2009, Geth took on his new 'patch'. Somewhere he could occasionally go birding without his Dad - can you really blame him? Unfortunately for him, he couldn't get rid of his Dad that easily, because I took a liking to his patch too, and often accompanied him - well, I did if he wasn't getting up at the crack of dawn. This patch is a pretty hefty one. It consists of all of the Forest

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-13347108314483496952011-01-09T21:02:00.009Z2011-01-09T21:27:04.379Z

Would have loved to have gone down to Dawlish today with Geri,Kevin and Mike Hogan but with other stuff to do in the afternoon I thought I'd stay local with a morning stroll down to the sewage works where during the winter a pair of Goosander can sometimes be found on the adjacent River Llynfi,a nice photographic challenge. There were lots of woodland birds around

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-53050489480079311812011-01-08T23:57:00.014Z2011-01-09T00:21:37.527Z

Myself and Teresa needed to ckeck on the caravan up at Llangors after our "arctic" December and with the camera gear in the back of the Jeep we called into Llandduesant on the way home for the afternoon feed which throughout the winter period takes place at 2.00pm. There were approx 60 kites and 6 Common

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With Kevin and Geri heading for Portland and in Wayne's absence Peter "Pedro" Morgan joined myself,Dan and "The Twitchmeister" for a day out in Gloucestershire with the main target species being Hawfinch in the Forest of Dean and the 1st winter female Lesser Scaup which had been at Slimbridge for just over a week. Our first port of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-16600985846710082372011-01-02T20:16:00.014Z2011-01-02T20:39:52.404Z

After an uneventful morning searching for the Great Grey Shrike north of the old Baverstocks Hotel on the Heads of the Valleys road and a fruitless call in to Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir I parked up for an hour by the feeding station at Waun Y Gilfach plantation just outside Llangynwyd on my way home and in dreadful light

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-71532177580505467572010-12-30T11:42:00.003Z2010-12-30T11:47:10.140Z

Season's Greetings and wishing all our readers a great birding 2011 from Jeff,Dan,Wayne,Tim,Kevin and "The Twitchmeister". Snowman by "The Twitchmeister":Image by Dan.

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Had a few hours out on my own today with the camera calling into Parc Slip,Kenfig Pool and Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir before heading for home. Robin on reeds:Parc Slip NRWater Rail through the reeds:Parc Slip NRGreater Scaup:Eglwys NunyddGoldeneye:Eglwys Nunydd

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-27591927086137685072010-12-20T19:23:00.004Z2010-12-20T19:32:01.572Z

It's a little difficult to get nice crisp shots through the kitchen window when its chucking it down with snow, but here's proof that I get birds in my garden. Goldfinch on Purple Loosestrife

Waynenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-86800159155677581792010-12-19T20:02:00.007Z2010-12-19T20:12:12.809Z

After taking Teresa to M&S at Culverhouse Cross I couldn't resist the temptation of calling over to Llanishen and caught up with 50-60 Waxwings and literally hundreds of Redwings in Fishguard Road this afternoon,almost got my head knocked off as well by a marauding Sparrowhawk !!

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-66631741527761968232010-12-18T20:56:00.009Z2010-12-18T22:32:40.721Z

After a bit of a lay-in this morning and with the main road down the valley just about passable in places after the heavy snow I headed out at mid-day down to Ogmore-By-Sea,I phoned Peter Morgan on the way down and met him at Broadlands in Bridgend where he was having a stroll around looking for Waxwings. We soon arrived at a snowy Ogmore and the river was teeming with

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I must admit that I can't wait for the weekends to come around to get out with the camera and today after bumping into each other down at Kenfig last Sunday myself and fellow bird photographer Peter Morgan from

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With Dan working this a.m and both Wayne and Kev struggling to get out of their iced up streets in the Rhondda I went it alone (again !!) and headed first thing for the Heath area of Cardiff where a flock of two dozen plus Waxwings had been seen yesterday. There haven't been the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-72117089805998716942010-11-30T20:24:00.008Z2010-11-30T21:18:23.309Z

Couldn't get there yesterday when it was found by Paul Roberts but managed to call in mid-morning today to find the bird feeding well in the small stream to the right hand side of the road. Crackin' bird and my first in Glamorgan after seeing others at Topsham several years ago,Burry Port in 2009 and on the Severn Estuary in 2007 (can't remember the name of the place

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-67412850642951837432010-11-22T20:10:00.010Z2010-11-22T20:53:45.682Z

An early morning text from Mark Hipkin alerted me to a male Mandarin Duck on the small lake at Margam Park and a female Common Scoter on Eglwys Nunydd reservoir and as I'd already decided to take a stroll up on to Mynydd Margam to have a look for a wintering Great Grey Shrike I thought that I would call in and try and photograph the ducks on my way home.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-62751093576918772982010-11-10T19:49:00.002Z2010-11-10T19:52:14.054Z

Where's Wally?

Waynenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-32578481905301619472010-11-08T21:12:00.009Z2010-11-08T21:31:21.802Z

After a mad dash up and back to Llangors on Saturday morning before the rugby to "put the caravan to bed" for the winter I thought I'd have a look around the Ogmore/Southerndown area on a sunny Sunday morning before dashing home to watch the South Wales football derby. First up was a quick visit to try and photograph the Purple Sandpipers which have recently

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-79043639633375583442010-10-30T10:37:00.033+01:002010-10-30T12:44:13.358+01:00

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-58047037855328003322010-10-24T13:45:00.003+01:002010-10-24T13:56:05.271+01:00

An early trip this morning was rewarded with excellent views of the long-staying Squacco Heron at Angle Bay. A very confiding bird, continuously feeding on small fish for the hour that we spent there watching and completely ignorant of onlookers. Angle Bay at Dawn(Shot carefully crafted to avoid oil refinery backdrop) Squacco Heron crippler

Waynenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-7776548087693073362010-10-13T17:35:00.004+01:002010-10-14T11:34:23.091+01:00

...will the TM be munching on this weekend? The wafer of choice for young listers.

Waynenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-32361490848509732352010-10-07T19:42:00.013+01:002010-10-07T20:41:56.471+01:00

With Dan entertaining guests,Wayne away watching his beloved Spurs and Kevin still D.I.Y ing I had to go it alone this weekend for a change. With a poor weather forecast myself and Teresa decided to stay at home instead of going up to the caravan and so on Saturday morning (2.Oct) I decided to pay a visit to Eglwys Nunydd

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-24335479044540842342010-09-28T19:16:00.023+01:002010-09-28T22:25:45.487+01:00

After weeks of planning our weekend away in either Norfolk or Cornwall (location dependent on wind direction) finally fell through with Kevin preferring to stay put and spend Saturday decorating (is he mad !!). And so it

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-38943575687845199972010-09-19T20:57:00.005+01:002010-09-19T21:41:01.784+01:00

Up at the caravan for the weekend I was halfway between Llangasty car park and the hide at Llangors Lake having just picked up a couple of nice Marsh Tits when a text from Dan alerted me to a Lapland Bunting found on the haul road near Sker on the GBC bird walk from the reserve centre at KNNR. According to reports the bird was pretty settled and with me trying to build up a good species

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-36478275154858381122010-09-19T20:08:00.012+01:002010-09-19T20:56:33.370+01:00

On the evening of Mon 13.Sept a Grey Phalarope was found by George Morgan which if it stayed the following day would be a great photo opportunity,unfortunately the forecast for Tuesday was a total washout and so it proved until late in the day. It stopped raining in Maesteg at about 17.00 and upon leaving work the skies were

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-27968824620169848572010-09-13T19:48:00.012+01:002010-09-13T21:11:16.985+01:00

Having decided to have a weekend off from the caravan and won a stack of "brownie points" by taking Teresa to Cardiff shopping on Saturday I took the opportunity of meeting up with Rob Mitchell on Sunday who agreed to show me around the Cardiff foreshore area. Rob and myself share the same interest in bird

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-80810373309994082462010-09-02T13:27:00.014+01:002010-09-02T15:18:27.216+01:00

With Mrs JJ back at work, teenage daughter Gwenni preferring to be . . . well, a teenager - happy enough enjoying some peace and quiet 'home alone' without her little brother, it was time for Geth and me to get out and do some birding after the summer lull. On Aug 27th Geth went out early to his 'patch' around the Glamorgan Canal/Forest Farm and struck lucky with a Pied Flycatcher in a tree

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09085781208991011594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-66298819253058009222010-08-31T21:04:00.014+01:002010-08-31T21:33:53.656+01:00

Found a really good site for Marsh Tit on the weekend just across the fields from Llangasty towards the hide in the damp woodland opposite the boardwalk,spent some time trying to "snap" the little buggers,they don't keep still for a moment and the really bright sunlight (not complaining mind you !!) didn't make

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-69679482183274089752010-08-21T10:05:00.030+01:002010-08-21T10:44:44.637+01:00

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-83218698417794310482010-07-23T20:15:00.011+01:002010-07-23T21:56:56.541+01:00

A couple of weeks ago a White-tailed Lapwing which had been seen previously in the last year in this country and Holland turned up again at Rainham Marshes in London prompting me to suggest to the lads a "mega twitch" on the weekend of 10/11th July. A text from Dan on Fri 9th July alerted me to the fact that the bird had now turned up at WWT Slimbridge on

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-52258630326257245152010-07-04T11:24:00.005+01:002010-07-04T12:02:34.860+01:00

Regular viewers will have noticed that the quality of images on this site has improved somewhat of late. With this in mind I thought it was time I joined the party, especially having seen Handy Grouse's warbler cripplers. I don't have Dan's field craft or digiscoping skills and I've a tiddler compared to the Grouse's long one. As a result, I'm confined to sneaking up on invertebrates and hope

Waynenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-24963529303863577462010-06-13T17:27:00.008+01:002010-06-13T18:09:57.862+01:00

Having spoken with Richard Smith and Dan during the week and being totally dissatisfied with the photos I managed on my first visit the three of us plus the young "Twitchmeister" headed back up to Blorenge on Saturday afternoon in the hope of better views and some much better photographs for myself. We had all seen the bird and Richard had already managed some

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-49318958492797387162010-06-10T18:39:00.019+01:002010-06-10T19:57:57.586+01:00

Following the disappointment of the cancellation due to poor weather of our first trip of the year back at the end of April I waited anxiously on Saturday for the e-mail from Richard Crossen to find out whether or not our re-arranged trip for Sunday was on,thankfully the news was

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-42121776005067223372010-06-08T22:24:00.003+01:002010-06-08T22:30:32.093+01:00

You're out looking for Kingfishers,something slinks into the water from the far bank of the river and just when you think you've got an Otter in broad daylight...............

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934332345934361538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12969704.post-12858037368067332532010-06-08T22:09:00.005+01:002010-06-08T22:16:00.903+01:00

Few pics of Barn Swallows in the sunshine,nice to see another use for a car aerial !! Still carrying nesting material-must be one of the late arrivals.

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