Llanfairfechan, Traeth Lafan and The Spinnies Nature Reserves 2nd December 2020.

Llanfairfechan, Traeth Lafan and The Spinnies Nature Reserves

A pair of Red breasted merganser on the Llanfairfechan boating lake.

Four Mute swan at Llanfairfechan boating lake.

The Horse Memorial located in the Morfa Madryn Nature Reserve.

It must be a pair of Mute swans in the Morfa Madryn Nature Reserve,

Conservation workers on the Morfa Madryn Nature Reserve.

Wigeon and Brent geese east of Morfa Aber Nature Reserve.

Penmon Lighthouse in the Sun.

Oystercatchers taking tothe air.

Birds on the feeders at the Riley Hide at The Spinnies Nature Reserve.

Beaumaris Castle in the Sun.

Ed decides to go round the "mud climb challenge"!

The latest approach to coastal erosian,

Distance: 11.9 miles. Climb: 322'.
Time: 5 hours 28 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Ed.

A good day for walking, and not quite as cold has the forecasts suggested. In fact when the Sun appeared out of the clouds it was pleasantly warm.

The tide was pretty close to shore so we had plenty of birds to see. Ed decided he wante to find the "Horse Memorial" , so we made a detour around the Morfa Madryn Nature Reserve.  The unusual memorial to Kingsford (1922-32) and Kinnaird (1920-31), were two racehorses partly owned by Henry Platt who owned lots of property around Llanfairfechan.

Views across the Irish Sea improved as the morning progressed with Anglesey appearing to be in sunshine for most of the day. However the lower hills of the Carneddau in contrast were in cloud/mist for most of the time.

Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, Oystercatcher, Black headed gull, Red breasted merganser, Mallard, Turnstone, Shelduck, Mute swan, Eurasian curlew, Wigeon, Teal, Herring gull, Brent goose, Common blackbird, Lapwing, Common chaffinch, Moorhen, Coal tit, Blue tit, Great tit, Bullfinch, Collared dove, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Common redshank, Black tailed godwit, European robin and Pintail.

Lunch was taken at he coastal ca park near The Spinnies where we took advantage of the one remaining picnic table. Once again we were blessed with the Sun shining on us throughout lunch.

After lunch, we visited The Spinnies before before returning to Llanfairfechan along the Wales Coast Path. despite the "mud" hazard located west of Morfa Aber.

We arrived back at llanfairfechan to be met by two of Ed's friends who gave him a certificate that Ed had for being a member of their doubles bowling team (competion was just before all of the covid restrictions were put in place in March 2020).

After my walk, I headed to the Britannia Inn at Halkyn, where I was able to enjoy a pint of Lees Bitter, before the Welsh Government latest covid restrictions that prevents pubs from selling alcochol unless it is with a substantial meal.