Clear off!, originally uploaded by reynard.
Just back from a week’s camping in St. Davids, Pembrokeshire. The weather was “changeable”, the scenery beautiful and the wildlife wonderful. Hopefully the chronic back pain will lift in a day or two’s time.
As well as doing a few walks along the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path I got the chance to visits the islands of Ramsey and Skomer, both wildlife reserves run by the RSPB and Wildlife Trusts respectively. The weather on Ramsay was spectacular, on Skomer it was utterly dire. It didn’t stop me getting a few shots of the resident puffins however. They’re very used to people poking about and just about tolerate it so you can get pretty close.
I’m not great at my bird identification, but cross referencing what I saw with my Complete British Birds and what the wardens told us we could expect to see, I think I got to see:
- Meadow pipits
- Stonechats
- Choughs
- Gannets
- Manx Shearwater
- Guillemots
- Razorbills
- Puffins
- A short-eared owl
- Black-backed gulls
- Oyster catchers
- Skylarks
- Swallows
- House martins
- Loads of rooks and jackdaws
I also got to see some porpoises, common dolphins and seals too which was pretty cool.
Tags: birds, blog-post, non-plone, offline, walking, wildlife.