First views of the coast.
The terns colony at at the Cemlyn Lagoon.
The terns colony at at the Cemlyn Lagoon.
It's what mother cows have to do.
A Raven seen on our walk today.
Time: 5 hours 3 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Mike.
The forecast for today wasn't brilliant, with 25% chance of showers predicted for most of the day, but at least it would be warm with only a light breeze.
Arriving at the Wylfa car park, I opened the bot of the car to find that I had forgotten to put in my rucksack! It meant that today I really was travelling light. With a complete change of clothes in the car, I wasn't too bothered about getting a little wet in a light shower, but a downpour might have made me feel a little different.
However we did get some sunny spells, and without my hat, I had to improvise with the traditional hankerchief knotted in the four corners - it proved pretty effective!
Thankfully after a short shower as we walke through the sheterted wooded aea through the grounds of Wylfa Power Station, we didn't get any significant rain.
Walking along the coast is always special and today was no exception. Coastal flowers were abundant and the sound of birds everywhere, and almost deafening when we were near the tern colony in Cemlyn Bay.
Birds seen today included: Common whitethroat, Red billed chough, Meadow pipit, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Great black back gull, Raven, Canada goose, Great cormorant, Grey heron, Oystercatcher, Housesparrow, Barn swallow, Common starling, Sedge warbler, Sandwhich tern, Common tern, Canada goose, Greylag goose, Goldfinch, Mallard, Common buzzard and Grasshopper warbler.
The surprise sighting of the day was seing a newly born calf being licked clean by its mother, and some of the afterbirth still hanging from the back of the cow.
Mike didn't notice this, until I called him back. He watched the calf and mother I as I continued walking and was luckyenough to see the calf make its first attempts to stand up.
Lunch was taken at the middle White Lady (not very white at the moment in need of reviving with a coat of white paint).
I was grateful to Mike giving me a refreshing drink of water, he did offer to share his lunch, but after my full Welsh breakfast I didn't need to accept the kind offer.
The return route was more inland, mainly along farm tracks and minor roads, before returning to the coast at the path through the Wylfa grounds.
Overall an enjoyable walk, and both ofus were ready to for that pint of Lees Bitter at the Blue Bell Inn at Halkyn.
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