Welcome To My Blog,This Will Be Mainly Used As A Diary For My Local Birding Patch At East Halton/Goxhill On The Banks Of The Humber Estuary,With Occasional Twitching And Visits Elsewhere Including Photos From Mine & Tracey's Walks And Holidays Around Our Beautiful Countryside.
Our final day of our brilliant holiday saw us getting up relatively early and walking up to Abermaw along the coast from the cottage. At first it was thick fog, but as we walked it began to clear allowing us to take some atmospheric photos.
The coast along this section was absolutely stunning and as on all the other days here we took loads of photos.
Some nice sightings along this section of coast included a migrant Small-mottled Willow Moth which was a first for me, hundreds of Painted Ladies, like we have been seeing all week, Diamond-backed Moths, another migrant species. Bird wise a couple of Choughs and a pair of Peregrines were the highlights making for a memorable walk.
In the afternoon we had organised to meet up with Dan and Jeanette who had travelled back on the ferry from Ireland. We then decided to drive up to Strumble Head as neither Dan or Jeanette had been to this lovely area before.
This, as yesterday, proved to be a great decision, as i picked up a feeding pod of Common Dolphins. It was really great to see this feeding group with Manx Shearwaters and Gannets feeding around them, just brilliant to see.
After enjoying this spectacle we dropped Dan and Jeanette at their hotel and we travelled back to the cottage to pack.
Well what an absolutely amazing holiday, i can't express in words how special this has been, i love you Wales!.
Today we planned to visit the beautiful cathedral city of St.Davids, the smallest city in the UK, due to it being the holiest site in all of Wales, due to it being the birthplace of the patron saint of Wales, Sant Dewi or Saint David as he is known in the english language.
The cathedral is an absolute must to visit and it is such a lovely setting. After visiting here, we went for some food and a cuppa and booked to go on a boat out to Skomer and Ramsey Islands which proved to be a great decision.
Not only did we see the expected thousands of Puffins, but on the way back from Skomer we encountered a small pod of Common Dolphins which gave absolutely stunning views alongside us and on a couple of occasions swimming under the boat. What an absolute privilege to see these beautiful animals so close, absolutely brilliant.
The following are my fave photos and video clips from our day.
St.David's Cathedral
The 12th Century Tomb Of Rhys ap Gruffudd
The Shrine Dedicated To Saint David And His Mother Saint Non.
