PBG Conference on 26 Nov 2011

Not much has happened on this Blog for a little while mainly because I have spent my time preparing for the Pembrokeshire Bird Group Conference, going to various meetings (and Christmas lunches - hmmm) and preparing and delivering a presentation to the ‘Tenby Camera Club’

Many thanks to the Valero refinery for hosting our annual Pembrokeshire Bird Conference at their site in Pembroke. It was again a great day with both entertainment from our Birding World alongside fascinating current research and future projections.

Just a couple of pictures above showing but just a few of the work horses and speakers together with Graham Walker (Cambrian Bird Holidays) suggesting yours truly may have a resemblance to ‘Pudsey Bear’

For more info please visit http://www.pembrokeshirebirdgroup.blogspot.com/

Whale Festival - Brighton

A few days away and a time to relax, or was it! A visit to the Whale Festival at Brighton for two days and being on the exhibit/stand by the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre was both great fun and highly rewarding. A great opportunity to meet people from other groups and organisations as well as the chance to show lots of people what we are about. I used the opportunity to spend a few days away and visit a number of reserves and Wetlands as well and take a few photos on the way.. What a small world it is!!. Opposite to our exhibit was ‘Elding’s Whale watching’ from Reykjavik (Iceland). Following my trip to Iceland this year (photos eventually) another chance for a good ‘old chin wag’ with them. Also present were Thousand Islands Exhibitions from here in St David’s waving the flag for Wales and many other friends and groups from other areas and countries as well.

Isaballine Shrike – Porth Clais – St Davids

Having spent the last 4 days in Worcestershire watching beautiful autumn leaves and flocks of Redwing ,Fieldfare and charms of Goldfinch I was ‘chaffing at the bit’ this morning back in St Davids to hopefully see the Isaballine shrike present whilst I was away. And, yes, here it still is.