Dee Estuary High Tide
Last weekend saw a few days of 10m+ high tides, and there is no better place to be than down on the Dee Estuary at Parkgate. Lots on view as the incoming tide lifted the bird life off the salt marsh.
The Kestrels that live along this stretch are kept really busy picking off rodents fleeing the incoming water.
My last post concentrated on Great Crested Grebes where I was lucky enough to photograph them in their courtship weed dance, well I returned to try again, sadly they did not dance on my visit but were very busy mating!
There is nothing better than having a wander along our local river, especially when the Dippers are obliging!
The Grey Wagtails are always difficult to get close too, always very flighty
This was my first visit this year up onto the moors outside of Llangollen at Worlds End to photograph the Black Grouse Lek, I always look forward to seeing this enigmatic birds, it is just great to sit and watch as they strut their stuff
Below is a short video clip of two males sparring!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIwOf59a9Lo
Bringing you right up to date, yesterday we had a lovely wander across Conwy Mountain just on the North Wales coast, an area that is really rich in bird life, lost count of the number of buzzards we saw, plus Peregrine and Kestrels, and rather pleasingly saw at least 5 different pairs of Stonechat
Raven sitting on the cliff edge
one of the stacks of Meadow Pipits around
