Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

Bridgend based birder, nature lover, tour leader, happy snapper (recently using Olympus gear) and ukulele enthusiast, among other stuff and nonsense. Bridgend Joined November 2010

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

4 hours ago

Just arrived in Devon at Torcross for a break. Only been here half an hour when three Glossy Ibis flew along the beach, headed towards Beesands. Might be worth checking the ley there #DevonBirds

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

4 days ago

Grey Phalarope, Ogmore Estuary, 02/09/2025.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

5 days ago

The Ogmore Estuary Grey Phalarope, always distant on the far shore, but nevertheless good to see. Thanks @johnboylugg for the find and call.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

6 days ago

There were a few Yellow Wagtails with the cattle at Southerndown this morning. We've witnessed a good passage of them locally this August, always welcome.

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A few from a walk along the cliffs between Dunraven and Cwm Nash: Spotted Flycatcher doing its thing, Clouded Yellow and the rare Tuberous Thistle. Other sightings included a juvenile female Goshawk with Crow kill and 15 Choughs.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

3 weeks ago

Stopped to watch three Swifts feeding along the cliffs by the House Martin colony at Whitmore Stairs, Vale of Glamorgan. It's getting on now, of course; each sighting could well be the last of the year.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

4 weeks ago

A Clouded Yellow butterfly at Ogmore Moor, this morning. I was able to get an open wing shot by taking a burst (in Pro Capture mode) as it took off from the flower.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

4 weeks ago

A dispersing juvenile Dartford Warbler was in gorse along the Dunraven approach road this morning. Stonechats were still feeding young in the vicinity and a juvenile Spotted Flycatcher was in the walled gardens.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

a month ago

A typically flighty Greenshank is present at Ogmore Estuary for its second day, along with six Common Sandpipers (one of which also pictured) and a Little Ringed Plover.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

A Speckled-bush Cricket hanging out in the garden today.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

Rather raggedy, but nice to see this High Brown Fritillary at the bottom of Pant y Cwteri, Ogmore, away from its local stronghold of Old Castle Down. Also pictured are Willow Warbler and Harebells, from the same stroll.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

The same flush as the dragonflies also held a good amount of the carnivorous Round-leaved Sundew. Weird plant.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

25 supercharged Keeled Skimmers were at a trackside flush in the Pelenna Forest (South Wales) today. Also there a bonus Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly. It's a few years since I've seen one of those.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

Phone pic of Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna), growing at its most southerly UK location of Llyn Fach (c. 450m elevation) in the Glamorgan uplands.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

When in doubt chose the bird-themed bottle 🍷

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

Here in Torcross we have a sizeable roost of pipistrelles at the back of the house. I've not counted, but probably a couple of hundred. The other night a Tawny Owl was lurking nearby, no doubt with malevolent intent.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

2 months ago

Down in Torcross, Devon for the week. Blessed to have a pair of Swifts nesting under the eaves at our place (with four in total along the terrace of cottages). Plenty of entertainment from parties of non-breeders in the village, too.

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Paul Roberts @npaulroberts

3 months ago

A pottering in the garden day. A Clouded Yellow butterfly briefly touched down on a Zinnia, before zooming off. More cooperative were these bees, attracted to Calendulas. I think the first is a Lasioglossum species, the second Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leafcutter Bee).