An afternoon Stroll to Exercise My Watch.
Rosebay willowherb dancing in the breeze.
Looking along the empty Wales Coast Path towards Queensferry.
Little egrets.
One Little egret.
One of the Little egrets going fishing.
Moel Famau kissing the clouds.
I saw a Barn swallow exit from the small gap at the top of the "boarded up" chapel window.
It must be home time for some pupils at Saltney Ferry Primary School.
Distance: 3.9 miles. Climb: 90'.
Time: 1 hour 47 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.9 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 21 m.p.h.
It was well after mid-day before I set off on my daily walk. The morning showers seemed to have gone away, so hopefully it would only be the wind that I would have to battle against. It was very blustery with gusts of upto 40 m.p.h., so predictably cyclist were few and far between,walkers were even less, just two joggers and a few dog walkers.
The wind made bird spotting difficult and even harder to identify the exact location of any bird song/call heard.
Birds seen or heard today included: Woodpigeon, Black billed magpie, House sparrow, Blackcap, Barn swallow, House martin, House sparrow, Common swift, Pied wagtail, Goldfinch, European robin, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Lesser black back gull, Great cormorant, Lapwing, Great cormorant, Oystercatcher, Common starling, Grey heron and Little egret.
Only one Grey heron today, but Little egrets were out in force (five of them).
On my rerturn journey, I went past Saltney Ferry Primary School where parents/guardians were going in on one side of the school, collecting their children and leaving the grounds through a different gate.
At least one small boy told his mum that he had had a good first day back at school. I hope the teachers can say they had a good day back as well.
Although the wind was pretty strong for most of the walk, it never felt cold, although I was wearing a light jacket!
A good walk, home and still dry and hopefully my watch had had enough exercise to keep it going for a couple of days.
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