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I've been on holiday for a few weeks, and I had a fantastic time of course, but I was also looking forward to getting back to Conwy to see the progress made on Y Maes while I was away. We've been able to open some parts of it for the Easter weekend, and the rest will open in phases over the next...

The waders have been moving south for some weeks, but the songbirds started to migrate through Conwy too this week. Some mornings there have been dozens of warblers - mostly chiffchaffs and blackcaps - feeding in the bushes, perhaps having just arrived from Scotland after crossing the Irish Sea. Several...

Finally, something that feels like summer. Days when you don't have to wear a fleece, waterproofs or wellies. Days when your walk is full of colourful insects and flowers. Days to get outside even if Taekwondo or BMX racing is on the tv (three cheers for North Wales gold medallist Jade Jones, by...

The weather has continued to dominate our days and the movements of birds. Following Friday's downpour, a male scaup was a great find early on Saturday morning, and is still present today (Sunday). It's a bird that should be much farther north, breeding in the Arctic, but presumably had already...

You may have noticed a few Canada Goose eggshells around the reserve over the last few weeks. The herring and lesser-black backed gulls take a proportion of the goose eggs every year, but this gull will have had trouble breaking open the shell, as it's found a golf ball. Think how smooth and perfectly...

This week's warm weather has brought more early summer migrants. Sand martins have been flowing through the reserve over the last couple of days, with a handful of swallows since Friday. A willow warbler on Friday was the first of the year, and a week earlier than in the last couple of years. Chiffchaffs...