OK, it was acually a Duke of Edinborough bronze expition, but I still managed to build up a reasonable sized list.
Day one
I Left home at 10 past 8, (carrying 12 KG 2.3 miles to college, a challenge if you have never walked with that much waight before). I arrived at college at 9, only to discover I was the only one there. after about 15 minutes, somone else turned up. turns out that we where the only 2 going.
We had to wait until 11:30 before we set off (what a waste of effort getting up early).
The jurney itself was rather uninventful, a few corvids, gulls and a buzzard, but then I wasnt paying much attention.
We passed though Valley on anglesey at 10 past 1, turning along the road leading to cemlyn bay (we never went there). Instead, we turned off for penrhyn, turnd out we where staying at a private caravan and campsite called sandy beach (the beach is indeed sandy).
We arrived on site at half 1 and by 10 past 2 all the tents where up. at this time all that was at the camp was a sparrow.
We (myself and the only other person to turn up) then went for a walk along the beach at quater past 3. All we saw was few herring gulls, a few meadow pipit, and a kestrel.
at the end of the beach, I scrambled over some rocks, round into a small cove, nothing there watsoever, so, as the high tide mark was above my head I beet a hasty retreat. We arrived back at 25 past 4.
At 10 past 5 we set off for a walk at newborough, arriving at 10 to 6, the first sighting was a magpie, but appart from a few birds heard, the forrest itself was rather dull.
On the beach, I showed them a group of cormorants through my scope. Going onto a island that i cannot remember the name of, there where plenty of meadow pipits great black backed gulls, oystercatcher, Common terns, and a cormorant colony just offshore. If the sun had not been setting, i probably would of ID'd more small birds.
The way back was rather uninventful, a few oystercatcher, but nothing else really. We arrived back at the minibus at quater past 8.
We then headed to a supermarket in holyhead, not much seen on this leg appart from a swallow.
We then went to a chippy (still in holyhead), where a rook was preening on a lamp post.
Crossing back over to anglesey, a number of curlew where probing the mud between the islands.
We arrived back in time to see about 100 starlings going to roost, at10 to 10. but we had missed the display, as they where just sitting on power cables and falling to roost.
To pass the time I then decided to try to learn how to call birds in (after being told the basics by fiona a month ago), I didnt do very well. Appart from this, I also watched rabbits in night vision. until midnight, when I got too bored to stay up any more.
just before I dropped off to sleep, I think I may of heard a tawny calling. but the wind had picked up so it made it hard to tell.
Day 2 coming up.
Day one
I Left home at 10 past 8, (carrying 12 KG 2.3 miles to college, a challenge if you have never walked with that much waight before). I arrived at college at 9, only to discover I was the only one there. after about 15 minutes, somone else turned up. turns out that we where the only 2 going.
We had to wait until 11:30 before we set off (what a waste of effort getting up early).
The jurney itself was rather uninventful, a few corvids, gulls and a buzzard, but then I wasnt paying much attention.
We passed though Valley on anglesey at 10 past 1, turning along the road leading to cemlyn bay (we never went there). Instead, we turned off for penrhyn, turnd out we where staying at a private caravan and campsite called sandy beach (the beach is indeed sandy).
We arrived on site at half 1 and by 10 past 2 all the tents where up. at this time all that was at the camp was a sparrow.
We (myself and the only other person to turn up) then went for a walk along the beach at quater past 3. All we saw was few herring gulls, a few meadow pipit, and a kestrel.
at the end of the beach, I scrambled over some rocks, round into a small cove, nothing there watsoever, so, as the high tide mark was above my head I beet a hasty retreat. We arrived back at 25 past 4.
At 10 past 5 we set off for a walk at newborough, arriving at 10 to 6, the first sighting was a magpie, but appart from a few birds heard, the forrest itself was rather dull.
On the beach, I showed them a group of cormorants through my scope. Going onto a island that i cannot remember the name of, there where plenty of meadow pipits great black backed gulls, oystercatcher, Common terns, and a cormorant colony just offshore. If the sun had not been setting, i probably would of ID'd more small birds.
The way back was rather uninventful, a few oystercatcher, but nothing else really. We arrived back at the minibus at quater past 8.
We then headed to a supermarket in holyhead, not much seen on this leg appart from a swallow.
We then went to a chippy (still in holyhead), where a rook was preening on a lamp post.
Crossing back over to anglesey, a number of curlew where probing the mud between the islands.
We arrived back in time to see about 100 starlings going to roost, at10 to 10. but we had missed the display, as they where just sitting on power cables and falling to roost.
To pass the time I then decided to try to learn how to call birds in (after being told the basics by fiona a month ago), I didnt do very well. Appart from this, I also watched rabbits in night vision. until midnight, when I got too bored to stay up any more.
just before I dropped off to sleep, I think I may of heard a tawny calling. but the wind had picked up so it made it hard to tell.
Day 2 coming up.
I haven't seen any terns yet, so you're up on me there.
