@pgdenning.bsky.social
Birder, Wildlife Photographer in Glamorgan, RSPB approved speaker. Plant, Insect and Music lover - Newt Counter
I suspect that is a young Herring gull with an adult Great Black-backed gull on the buoy.
16.01.2026 13:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Neil!
A nice find by @deanbolt.bsky.social
Two Tundra Bean Geese at Sker flood today
Two of the four Tundra Bean Geese at Sker flood today.
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Female Pied Flycatcher in Glebelands park, Newport last weekend. #birdingWales
Female Pied Flycatcher in Glebelands park, Newport last weekend.
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Thank you!
13.12.2025 14:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you!
12.12.2025 23:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Scops Owl photographed in Swansea earlier this week. Image taken in near darkness with a Nikon 500mm lens on 1/25 sec at 25,600 iso. Modern cameras are fantastic! #birdingwales
Scops Owl photographed in Swansea earlier this week.
Image taken in near darkness with a Nikon 500mm lens at 1/25 sec and 25,600 ISO.
Modern cameras are fantastic!
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Thanks Frank!
10.11.2025 09:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Male Kingfisher in bright sunshine at Roath park lake today
Male Kingfisher in bright sunshine at Roath park lake today.
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Red-throated diver
Red-throated diver in Cardiff bay this afternoon.
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Hooded Crow
Hooded Crow in flight
Med Gull
Med Gull
Visited South Gower RFC on Sunday to see the Hooded Crow.
Six Med gulls feeding on the pitch was a nice bonus.
Hobby with Migrant Hawker
Perched Hobby
Hobby in flight
Hobby hunting Migrant Hawker dragonflies at River Ely, Cardiff last week
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Sabineβs Gull
Sabines Gull
Red-necked Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
A few pics taken in heavy rain last weekend.
Sabines Gull, Red-necked Phalarope and Grey Phalarope.
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Wasp spider
Wasp spider at Lavernock point on Sunday.
12.08.2025 21:17 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Juvenile Shag at Cardiff Bay last Sunday.
A visit to Cardiff Bay last Sunday to see the juvenile Shag.
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Roosting Male Silvery leaf cutter bee (Megachile leachella)
Female Square jawed Sharp-tailed bee (Coelioxys mandibularis)
A couple of Bee pics taken whilst doing a survey at Merthyr Mawr last weekend.
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Nomada flava spp bee on a Celery leaved buttercup.
Nomada flava spp bee on a Celery leaved buttercup.
01.06.2025 07:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Small Pearl bordered Fritillary nectaring on Cross leaved Heath.
Female Orange tip nectaring on a Cuckoo flower.
Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary.
Roosting Marsh Fritillary
A few recent Butterfly pics from Llantrisant common.
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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Freshly emerged Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary from Llantrisant common last week.
20.05.2025 18:56 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Tara!. It was good to see you and Trevor as well.
02.05.2025 17:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hi Trevor - Yes, it was nice to see you,Tara and Matthew this morning. The birds were brilliant as well!
02.05.2025 16:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Dotterel
This female Dotterel is one of the four present at Cefn Cadlan this morning. An excellent find by @markhipkin.bsky.social
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02.05.2025 12:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not only secretive, they are now cunningly disguising themselves as Wood Sandpipers!
These people have absolutely no credibility!
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21.04.2025 20:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
White wagtail
Yellow wagtail
A couple of pics from a walk at Sker yesterday.
Twelve White wagtails and ThreeYellow wagtails were around Sker pool. There were also four Wheatears and Lapwing in a nearby field.
Bonapartes Gull
Bonapartes Gull
A couple of pics of the Bonapartes gull that is currently on the River Ogmore estuary.
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A Water vole at Cosmeston last Sunday.
A Water Vole at Cosmeston last Sunday.
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