Part 3 of a birding trip to East Yorkshire. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/06/kitt... #birdingwales

Part 2 of a birding trip to East Yorkshire. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/06/the-... #birdingwales

Part 1 of a birding trip to East Yorkshire. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/06/clif... #birdingwales

Goldcliff Lagoons this morning with Nev Davies. Wood Sandpiper, Common Whitethroat, Black-Tailed Godwit Flock with 2 x Bar-Tailed Godwits and Sedge Warbler. #birdingwales

I had a lovely weekend at Portland Bird Observatory last weekend with @gos-birds.bsky.social . www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/04/the-... #birdingwales

Cuckoo Cuckoo, what a great bird to herald spring has arrived. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/04/a-cu... #birdingwales #gwentbirds

The clear night skies over the weekend have provided me the opportunity to do some Astro work. Startrails up at the Folly in Pontypool. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/04/on-t...

A couple of pics from this morning. The Black-Tailed Godwits flock (approx 400 birds) were on Monks Lagoon until a Peregrine turned up; they all flew off Westwards towards Uskmouth. Approx. 120 Avocets on Monks, +flocks on Priors + Becs Lagoons, so probably the numbers are around 160. #birdingwales

A reminder that our next talk will be this coming Saturday. All are Welcome. #birdingwales

Been enjoying the wader flocks at Goldcliff Lagoons. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/03/fant... #birdingwales

Great talk from Alison Morgan at the RSPB Newport Wetland Centre about Great White Egrets on the Avalon Marshes. Really interesting. #birdingwales

Goldcliff is back! After a miserable winter it’s great to see the returning Avocets and Black-Tailed Godwitsq in breeding plumage.

Friday morning at Goldcliff Lagoons was absolutely wader heaven: Knots, Black-Tailed Godwits and Avocets flying around in synchronised aerial formations. #birdingwales #gwentbirds

A reminder: the Gwent Ornithological Society's next talk is tomorrow evening at the RSPB Centre at Newport Wetlands. There will be a second-hand wildlife book sale to raise money for the society. All are welcome. #birdinwaalees #gwentbirds

Goldclfif Lagoons. Highlights White Fronted Geese ( at least 14c) on Priors. My first pic of a Chiffchaff at the reserve this year. Little Grebe on Priors. Avocets were on all three lagoons. A 30c Female Kestrel skirting the borders of the reserve. BTG on Monks. #birdingwales #gwentbirds

Another interesting talk by GOS scheduled concerning our local birds.

My latest report from Goldcliff Lagoons. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/03/drop... #birdingwales #gwentbirds

Lovely bit of sunshine at Goldcliff this morning. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/02/blue... #birdingwales #gwentbirds

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Fungi, Lichen and Liverworts www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/02/writ...

Slimbridge, in February, home to thousands of overwintering birds.

It was great to spend a couple of hours birdwatching this morning. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/02/bird... #birdingwales

My first talk of 2026 is scheduled for next week with the Gwent Photographic Society.

www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/02/worl... #birdingwales

Enjoyed a visit to WWT Slimbridge on Saturday. Lots of birds. Highlights flocks of Dunlin, Lapwings and Golden Plover. White-fronted Geese and Common Crane fly past.

A nice bit of bird therapy and a dose of Vitamin D in the sunshine at Goldcliff Lagoons. #birdingwales www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/01/wher...

Glock of White-Fronted Geese at Goldcliff Lagoons NWR this morning. youtu.be/6fNr8vH2o8w?... #birdingwales

Our first indoor talk will be presented by Steve Williams on Saturday, 14th February 2026, about the Natural Heritage of the Blaenavon Landscape. #birdingwales @thewildlifeoculus.bsky.social www.gwentbirds.org.uk/event/indoor...

An ancient hillfort at the top of Twmbarlwm. youtu.be/O4tfNQSnBss?...

An Arctic wonderland. The Keepers Pond in the snow. youtu.be/PKFvbulhrSg?...

My first blog post of 2026 kicks off with somewhere local. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2026/01/pont...

GOS will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 17th January 2026. We encourage as many members as possible to attend. www.gwentbirds.org.uk/2026/01/08/a... #birdingwales #gwentbirds

My last blog post of 2025 has been published. Many Thanks for the likes and follows throughout the year. Wishing all my readers good health and happiness for 2026. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/12/my-r... #birdingwales

Nice day out yesterday with @john-l-uk.bsky.social and @gos-birds.bsky.social at WWT Slimbridge.

The society's final outdoor meet of 2025 will be held at WWT Slimbridge this coming Saturday. Plenty of birds are showing now, so it should be a good day out at the reserve. www.gwentbirds.org.uk/event/outdoo... #gwentbirds

Lovely day at WWT Slimbridge on Friday with my amigos. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/12/the-...

Chilly up Pontypool Folly this morning. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/11/wint...

The first meeting of the Wood Warblers at Goytre House Wood, our nature reserve, was held today. Volunteers cleared vegetation around tree saplings, planted in 2022. Bird and bat boxes were mapped in preparation for activities next year. The weather was very kind to us. #birdingwales #gwentbirds

I had a nine o'clock raider in my garden this morning—a blog post to mark the occasion. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/11/the-... #gwentbirds

Nice to have sunshine at Goldcliff Lagoons. Nice to see a large flock of Black-Tailed Godwits on Priors Lagoons -300 +. Highlight was 25 Grey Plovers out on the Saltmarsh near the Pill. A Buzzard showed well for me. #birdingwales #gwentbirds

Droning at dawn. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/11/dron...

Clydach is very much like a set from The Lord of the Rings. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/11/wate...

Celebrating 25 years at the Newport Wetlands. An illustrated talk by Kevin Boina Dupe. Saturday 8th November 7.30 pm to 9 pm. Goyte Village Hall. #birdingwales #gwentbirds

Had a lovely walk this weekend at a local, hidden gem of a place. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/11/an-o...

Thrilled to see my picture of Black Tailed-Godwits taken at Goldcliff Lagoons on the cover of the WOS 2026 Calendar. welsh-ornithological-society.sumupstore.com/product/cale... #birdingwales #gwentbirds

The Temminck's deserved to be in a blog post. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/10/a-ti...

Aerial Views of Pontypool Park in Autumn. www.thewildlifeoculus.com/2025/10/autu...

Temminck's Stint, Rushy Hide WWT Slimbridge. Much better views.

Lesser Flamingo at WWT Slimbridge

Temminck's Stint on the South Lake this afternoon at WWT Slimbridge. The wader was pushing the limits of my lens on the far side of the lake. Lifer for me :) Tick.