Daily Archives: October 13, 2013

Another hour in Benarth hide

People who know me will have heard me say before “an hour in Benarth seldom disappoints”. Today was no exception.

As I walked towards the hide at Conwy RSPB today a Magpie flew over. “I haven’t really taken a decent photo of a Magpie” I thought. So the bird came back half-an-hour later and posed in front of the hide for me.IMG_5911

Apart from that, the action was distant. A Water Rail appeared briefly on the other side of the pool…..
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…. and a Kingfisher flashed past shortly after. Little Egrets are always so argumentative, for no apparent reason but it makes for good photos.
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Apart from those shots bird photo opportunities were non-existent so it gave me a chance to try out my new 5D2/28-135 combo.
The castle always makes a good target.
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and who can resist an Autumn Berry shot?
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Penrhos after the gloom

After the gloomiest day ever yesterday (weatherwise) I was itching to get out and about at the first sign that the light might improve today. The weather looked a little brighter over Anglesey so we set off. Anglesey is a great place when the weather is dodgy. The trick is to get as far as the bridge, look for the brightest corner, and head that way. Today it was straight on so we ended up at Penrhos Park at Holyhead. It’s a superb natural habitat and unusual for Anglesey. A battle still rages over an application to destroy it and build a holiday park – round one has gone against the developers but they don’t give up that easily.
The woodland is larger than it looks and is capable of swallowing loads of people so despite the car park being almost full we felt we had the place to ourselves.

I was still desperate to take some photos so nothing was going to be safe from the lens today.

Tesni and Hannah
“One’s a gorgeous, cuddly, lovable bundle of fun, the other’s a Shih Tzu!”
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My mum pinching someone’s seat!
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and my first ever photo of a Bar-Tailed Godwit
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