Summary Bird List for Wales Holiday May 2011
Summary Bird List for Wales Holiday
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Wales Break Day 5 : RSPB Conwy : 15th May 2011
RSPB Conwy We left Bodnant and decided to go back up to RSPB Conwy for a bite to eat and a last chance to view the lagoon from the panoramic cafe window. As we arrived it was pointed out to us that someone had just seen a Citrine Wagtail which is a reasonably rare bird…
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Wales Break Day 5 : Bodnant Gardens : 15th May 2011
Bodnant Gardens On our last day we travelled home but we wanted to go to Bodnant Gardens so we drove over to Bangor then down to Betws-y-Coed then up the side of the River Conwy to Bodnant Gardens. The weather was a bit wet but it gave Anne the chance to see the Laburnum Grove…
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Wales Break Day 4 : Llyn Peninsula and Cemlyn Bay 14th May 2011
Llyn Peninsula On our fourth day we decided to drive around the Llyn Peninsula so we headed down the peninsula to Aberdaron. En route we saw a Rookery of around 40 birds and we also saw Magpies, Crows etc. From Aberdaron we drove up the hillside to the remote disused lifeguard station on the headland…
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Wales Break Day 3 : Newborough Warren and Penmon Point : 13th May 2011
Newborough Warren On our third day we wanted to look at Newborough Warren on Anglesey which had a good write-up in “Where To Watch Birds in Britain” by Simon Harrap and Nigel Redman. We drove to Maltraeth where we had some breakfast and a look around the estuary and Maltraeth Pool but there really wasn’t…
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Wales Break Day 2 : Cemlyn Bay : 12th May 2011
Cemlyn Bay We met a chap at South Stack who told us that we had to go to Cemlyn Bay to see the Terns that breed there. This was on our list of places to go but with a strong recommendation we decided we would head there from South Stack. Cemlyn Bay is a small…
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Wales Break Day 2 : South Stack : 12th May 2011
South Stack Our first full day was spent on Anglesey. We started out driving up to the RSPB cafe and shop. When you drive up the road leading to it you are given the impression that the parking is some way from the shop and cafe but if you keep driving past the car park…
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Wales Break Day 1 : RSPB Conwy : 11th May 2011
We booked 4 nights in the Premier Inn in Caernarfon with a view to using it as a base for touring Anglesey and The Lleyn Peninsula. On our way we stopped at RSPB Conwy for a spot of lunch and a walk around the reserve. The House Martins and Swallows were flying over the water…
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Visit to London Wetland Centre – WWF Barnes 25th March 2011
Anne and I had arranged to go to London to attend a friend’s 60th birthday party so we decided to go a day early and visit the WWT centre at Barnes. We got the tube to Hammersmith and then a number 283 bus from Hammersmith bus station (stand K) which is just at the rear…
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Redshank on River Conwy Estuary 4 February 2001
Last week we spent a couple of days in Conwy. Our highlight was seeing a small number of Redwing in a stand of trees by the estuary. We visited Conwy RSPB but there were also a great number of waders present on the estuary including lots of Redshank, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwits, Curlew and Shelduck. Here…