I decided this week due to the weather being nice to take my partner Dianne away for a few days.I booked us in to a bed and breakfast in Trearddur bay on Anglesey and on the way we would do some sightseeing and birding.
The first place we visited was Swallow falls just outside Betws-y-coed where Dianne had never visited and I hadn't been since I was a child.
SWALLOW FALLS
Just up the road we called in at the Ugly house tea room for some breakfast and whist talking to the ladies in the shop they told me Pied flycatchers had bred in the wood behind the cafe.
We made are way into the wood after some breakfast and I soon connected with three Pied flycatchers.
THE WOODED AREA BEHIND THE CAFE
PIED FLYCATCHER
After jamming in on these little beauty's we headed up the A5 towards Bangor driving through the Snowdonia national park.
WE HAD STUNNING VIEWS AS WE DROVE TOWARDS BANGOR
Arriving on Anglesey the weather was beautiful and we both decided the next place we would visit would be Plas Newydd house which is owned by the national trust and is a good site for Red squirrel.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plas_Newydd_(Anglesey)
PLAS NEWYDD HOUSE
THE HOUSE BACKS ON TO THE MENAI STRAITS AND THE BRITTANIA BRIDGE
The house was amazing and the views of Snowdonia were stunning,they were very lucky people living in this house, a millionaires dream.We had a good look around the gardens but we had no luck with the Squirrels but did get good views of Small white butterflies.
SMALL WHITE
Moving on to towards Trearddur Bay we called in at Aberffraw and Rhosnigr where we had good views of Stonechat and Meadow brown butterflies.
ABERFFRAW
RHOSNEIGR
STONECHAT
MEADOW BROWN
We arrived at are bed and breakfast just after five and chilled for a couple of hours.
ACCOMODATION SORTED
Early evening was spent at South stacks RSPB which is one of my favourite sites on Anglesey.There were hundreds of seabirds on the cliffs,Razorbills,Guillemots and Puffins.
RAZORBILLS AND GUILLEMOTS
THE CLIFFS AT SOUTH STACKS WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE IN THE DISTANCE COVERED IN SEA MIST
ELLEN'S TOWER
Walking around the cliffs we also connected with several Stonechats,2 Chough's,6 Spotted Burnet moths and Painted Lady butterflies.
STONECHAT
TWO CHOUGH'S SHOWED WELL IN NEARBY FIELDS
PAINTED LADY
SIX SPOTTED BURNET
A great day finished off with a nice meal a few beers and a cracking sunset.
A NICE END TO A CRACKING DAY
Waking up this morning to glorious sunshine we chilled for the morning and then headed home calling in at Gronant to see the Little tern colony.These little beauty's travel all the way from West Africa to this site.
LITTLE TERN
There are 225 birds in the colony counted by the on site warden and it is well worth a visit for stunning views of this rare bird.
A great couple of days which was abruptly finished by typical british weather, we got absolutely soaked on the way back to car but hey it was worth it!
