Blue skies above the Prethaven Sands and the sea,
A glimpse of the Point of Ayr Lighthouse from Prethaven Sands beach.
A glimpse of the Point of Ayr Lighthouse from footpath through The Warren N.R.
The Point of Ayr Lighthouse above the Sand dunes at Talacre.
The sea still keeps rolling in on Talacre Beach.
(Even though th tide is on the way out).
A male Stonechat in the Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve.
The view from our lunch spot.
The western side of the Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve from our lunch spot.
The Prestatyn Gutter acting like a mirror.
Walk Stats:
Time: 4 hours 28 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Temperature: 14.2 Celsius at the start.
18.2 Celsius at lunch in the sunshine in the boardwalk shelter in the Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve.
19.8 Celsius in the sunshine at the end of the walk.
Beaufort Wind force: 0-1. Mainly calm, but reached a 2.4 m.p.h. Light air as we walked across Barkby Beach.
Group: Martyn and Ed.
It was a last minute decision to do this walk, the only one we could think of that would be walk that avoided crossing any fields likely to be muddy or flooded.
The weather forecast for today was pretty good, once the early morning fog experienced on the way to Gronant.
It felt cool at first, but once the Sun came out, it almost wall to wall blue skies and pleasantly warm for the rest of the day.
We set off for Talacre by going through the Caravan Park and The Warren Nature Reserve. We had anticipated getting to the Point of Ayr Lighthouse could be a problem if flooding was still around. Thankfully it wasn’t and we were able to walk back along the beach to Gronant.
Lunch was eventually (we had to wait for it to be vacated before we could take our seats) taken in the boardwalk shelter in the Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve.
A very pleasant lunch break, lasting a little longer than usual, was enjoyed by both of us.
Once more we were able to walk along the Barkby Beach as far as the Beach Hotel.
The final leg of the walk was through Prestatyn Golf Course on e path that runs parallel with the Prestatyn Gutter that was as full as I have ever seen it.
Birds seen or heard today included: Great cormorant, Herring gull, Great black backed gull, Common redshank, Black headed gull, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion crow, Cetti warbler, Stonechat, Common pheasant, Black billed magpie, Woodpigeon, Common coot, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Common starling and Eurasian curlew.
Overall an enjoyable walk, even if the number of birds seen was much lower than expected.
The weather forecast for today was pretty good, once the early morning fog experienced on the way to Gronant.
It felt cool at first, but once the Sun came out, it almost wall to wall blue skies and pleasantly warm for the rest of the day.
We set off for Talacre by going through the Caravan Park and The Warren Nature Reserve. We had anticipated getting to the Point of Ayr Lighthouse could be a problem if flooding was still around. Thankfully it wasn’t and we were able to walk back along the beach to Gronant.
Lunch was eventually (we had to wait for it to be vacated before we could take our seats) taken in the boardwalk shelter in the Gronant Dunes Nature Reserve.
A very pleasant lunch break, lasting a little longer than usual, was enjoyed by both of us.
Once more we were able to walk along the Barkby Beach as far as the Beach Hotel.
The final leg of the walk was through Prestatyn Golf Course on e path that runs parallel with the Prestatyn Gutter that was as full as I have ever seen it.
Birds seen or heard today included: Great cormorant, Herring gull, Great black backed gull, Common redshank, Black headed gull, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion crow, Cetti warbler, Stonechat, Common pheasant, Black billed magpie, Woodpigeon, Common coot, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Common starling and Eurasian curlew.
Overall an enjoyable walk, even if the number of birds seen was much lower than expected.
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