• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

monmouthshire

  1. Take Off

    Take Off

    Back a few days for this one. Shortly after taking the picture of the Kite, I found a Blackbird sitting on a garden hedge. This was the only picture and he took off just as I clicked! It's just not fair LOL Saturday fun
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 abergavenny eurasian blackbird govilon july monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 saturday fun turdus merula
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. High seat

    High seat

    Andy suddenly said to me "There's a Peregrine Falcon on that pylon". "That pylon" was a long way off - this picture was taken on full zoom and there's been a big crop too... and this was the best I could get!! How he saw it, I just don't know LOL. I'm guessing it's been a regular haunt of...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 abergavenny falco peregrinus falco peregrinus peregrinus fperegrine falcon july llanfihangel gobian monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 peregrine
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Grey in grey with a touch of green

    Grey in grey with a touch of green

    Then we found ourselves at a favourite spot (get your tongues around this LOL) Llanfihangel Gobian. We carried our seats down to the river and sat there for some time observing what was going on. First on the list was a very unco-operative Grey Heron down river, who just spent his time...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 abergavenny ardea cinerea grey heron llanfihangel gobian monmouthshire october wales
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Pretty view

    Pretty view

    Typical of Andy, he got me onto a very narrow road (they sure know how to grow them down there!!!) As luck would have it, we met nothing and he asked me to pull in at a gate. I tucked the car in as well as I could and we got out to peer over the gate. Where the white line is (which I didn't...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 abergavenny goytre wharf monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 october
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Landscapes
  5. Bossy boots

    Bossy boots

    I had a gentle wander around the village and found a Lesser Black-backed Gull, sitting on a neighbour's roof. They really try to look regal, don't they.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 abergavenny govilon july larus fuscus lesser black-backed gull monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 south wales
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Bathing Moorhen

    Bathing Moorhen

    Decided to try and add a video to my Birdforum Gallery. This was taken during my holiday in Wales last July. I met up for a day out with forum member Andy Rowlands. Yesterday's picture was taken just before the video We had lunch beside the canal near Pontypool. At the opposite side was a...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 common moorhen gallinula chloropus july monmouthshire near pontypool nikon coolpix p900 south wales video
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Bathing

    Bathing

    Birdforum's Andy Rowlands lives not too far from my brother, so I usually try to meet up with him for a day's birding when I'm down there. This time we met at Pontypool and at lunchtime we sat beside the canal. I was watching a Moorhen having a bath on the other side and took a few pictures...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 common moorhen gallinula chloropus july monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 pontypool saturday fun south wales
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Displaying

    Displaying

    I went for a little wander along the canal beside my brother's house. On the way back, I spotted a Red Kite putting on a good display over the village and got just about my best Kite picture so far!! Pleased with that!!!
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2024 abergavenny govilon july milvus milvus milvus milvus milvus monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 red kite
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Made it....

    Made it....

    Was anyone watching? The Eurasian Blackbird again, this time after he'd completed his high jump exploit, and obviously acknowledging the applause.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 abergavenny eurasian blackbird govilon june monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 turdus merula wales
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Ready for take-off

    Ready for take-off

    The houses which front onto the canal on the opposite side to the towpath have private boat mooring privileges. This one has a series of breeze block ledges and is covered with a variety of old road (mostly) signs. There was a ledge just above this Eurasian Blackbird and rather than 'fly up'...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 abergavenny eurasian blackbird govilon june monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 saturday fun turdus merula wales
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. A blob on a wire

    A blob on a wire

    When I see a blob on a wire I have to take the picture of it. Sometimes it remains a blob but this time it was a House Sparrow. Lunch in the churchyard was beginning to be productive. After I posted yesterday's picture, the young Starlings came back in their usual mob. They are now sporting...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 abergavenny govilon house sparrow june monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 wales
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. When you've got an itch!

    When you've got an itch!

    When I was staying with my brother, it was very hot weather during June (does that seem a long time ago LOL}. With my brother's poor health and my walking difficulties, outings were not really what we wanted to do. So this day we decided to have a packed lunch and eat it across the road in the...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 abergavenny common starling govilon june monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 saturday fun sternus vulgaris wales
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Having a wander

    Having a wander

    I made the long journey down to stay with my brother and his wife in South Wales (we were going to my nephew's wedding in Sussex as part of my trip). Anyway, close beside my brother's house is the Brecon Canal and I did a short walk along it one day. There was a family of Mallards who'd come...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2023 abergavenny anas platyrhynchos govilon june mallard monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 wales
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Grey Wagtail closer

    Grey Wagtail closer

    ..... but chose to hide behind a weed!!!! And I couldn't move! And he had his back to me. Not fair, is it. The winner of yesterday's quiz was Graham (Macswede) - well done laddieB (: It was, indeed the Sandpiper.
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2017 abergavenny fuji finepix hs50 govilon grey wagtail july llanvihangel gobion monmouthshire motacilla cinerea wales
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtail

    Another distant little bird in the middle of a river. Well it's actually the same river (the Usk) but a few miles upstream at a great birdwatching place called Llanvihangel Gobion. I've been there before, but this time accessed from a different place (the little village of The Bryn if anyone's...
    • delia todd
    • Media item
    • 2017 abergavenny fuji finepix hs50 govilon grey wagtail july llanvihangel gobion monmouthshire motacilla cinerea wales
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
Back
Top