Yes 2 parts to day 3!! We had a busy day!
A trip to Anglesey, always a favourite, we arrived at RSPB South Stack reasonably early, parked in the lower carpark, first up a Raven giving it large from a fence post!!
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| Raven, possibly the most posy one ever! Presumably very used to people! |
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| Did quite a bit of Kronking! |
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| Gave us the eye |
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| Wheatear, one of three in the field adjacent to the path |
We reached the cliff edge, where we were treated to an awesome display by four Choughs, which we were very pleased about. Please note I bravely resisted the Chuffed with the Choughs joke!😂
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| Chough |
A great display of aerial mastery! Eventually they settled on the stack opposite and we watched some cute preening behaviour!
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| Having a scratch |
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| How's that feel babe? |
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| Careful could have an eye out! |
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| Oh yeah that's the spot! |
We dragged ourselves away and walked the clifftop, as we got closer to Elin's Tower, we could start to see Razorbills and Guillemots bobbing on the sea and flying in and out from the cliffs! Gulls, Fulmars and Kittiwakes also, but no Puffins!
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| Margie being very brave on the clifftop |
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| The scenery spectacular as ever |
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| Razorbills |
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| Pretty sure this is a Shag |
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| Fulmar |
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| Guillemot |
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| Kittiwake |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Very distant Gannets, a few went by, but little was moving in the very calm conditions |
Unlike some other seabird colonies, the birds at South Stack are all pretty distant which makes anything other than record shots difficult, well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
We were after Puffins, there are only a few at South Stack, so can easily be missed, normally you have to walk down the steps to the lighthouse, about halfway down, to see them, which is all fun and games until you have to walk back up again!!!! Luckily this year they were down from the viewpoint next to the tower!! Though as said, quite far away!
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| Puffins |
Always great to see them!! Will possibly be our only opportunity this year so glad to have connected!
It's not all Seabirds, plenty of Pipits, Linnets and Stonechats knocking about, though didn't see any Rock Pipits on this trip. Quite a few Swallows zipping about as well.
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| Wheatear |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Linnet |
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| Stonechat |
It is mostly about the Seabirds though!
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| Difficult to show the scale of it with pics, but margie's pic does show some of the numbers, 1000s of Razorbills and Guillemots |
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| Amazing how they cling to the ledges, gonna stick an egg on there soon as well |
Some very nice flowers on display as well
We popped into the Cafe, where I had a very nice Chocolate Flapjack and Margie had a huge Scone, though the Gluten Free selection wasn't amazing! How can I save the birds by eating cakes if you don't provide a variety!! Nice to get proper Filter Coffee though instead of that Americano crap most places foist on us now!!!
As we were leaving we had another Chough give us a brief display, but with several other places to visit we headed off!! It's always a great place at this time of year!!
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| Last look at the Lighthouse |
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| Chough, shame you can't hear them it's a fabulous call! |
