A few Days in Wales!

Had a few days at Borth last week - Visited all my usual haunts!

On the way down I stopped at Llyn Coed Y Dinas
Just the usual & a Couple of Common Sandpipers knocking about, but the Blue streaks were chasing each other around.

Kingfisher

 

Ynslas - Quite a lot of moving Pied Wagtails, Meadow Pipits & some Wheatears on my first visit to a Car Park where I go looking for Migrants.

 Pied Wagtail struggling with it's lunch

 Couple of other Pied Wag's

 Wheatear doing the "rock pose"

Meadow Pipit that won't come out of the grass

 

Second Visit was just a few Wag's & a few more Wheatears, So I patrolled around slowly with "Rocket Launcher" sticking out of the window finding the one that doesn't mind you getting close. Some funny looks were sent my way with big lens protruding!

Got plenty of shots of this Wheatear feeding & watching me with curiosity!

 

Gigrin - Of course I went over to Rhayader for the Kites, & whatever else was about.

First day was a bit cloudy, only around feeding time - but you just have to go for it!

A few Red Kites from my First Visit.

 Buzzard walking around.

Atten ....... tion. This one makes me laugh - I's like I just shouted "Whatchya doing"

 

Second Visit was a Cracking sunny day, just the odd cloud passing by the Sun.

 

 A little taster sequence of life as a Kite.

First You have to watch your back - constantly!

 

  Then you have to react Quick like!

 Then you have to work out where you are now.

 

This one was intent on making the Branch shorter?

 

I had decided to make an effort to try & get the Buzzards & not be totally blinkered to Kite shots this time.

Just a quick shot to give you an idea how many are around - this is just a portion of one tree - during a quiet spell, there was around 50-60 just in this clump of trees, lurking waiting for the next round.

Diving Gannets Trip ( yes another one) and a trip to Filey Dams.

     Feeding frenzy on the Diving Gannets trip. If you got the fish you would have to fight to keep it.

                           Juvenile Gannet: One of this years young having to compete with the big guys

 Gannets circled the boat as they watched for the fish being thrown in. Next time its a wide angle lense. I used athe canon100-400 pulled back to its 100 setting. 50-70 would have been grreat as well.

                                                          Fulmars in wonderful light,

 

Two snipe were quite close at Filey Dams

      Jackdaw showing off as we had a welcome cup of tea at the new Centre at Bempton RSPB

                                                         Tree Sparrows getting in on the act.

Another great day out to the east coast doing the Diving Gannets trip with Yorkshire coast nature, finishing off at Filey Dams with David Langley. The weather was good and the gannets superb. The snipe were a great bonus. (As were  the Redshank, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper and Little Egret we had to be content to watch.