Traeth Lefan and Foothillsfrom Abergwyngregyn 9th October 2021

The path from Abergwyngregyn leading to the foothills of the Carneddau.

The coastal section of our walk seen from the pth leading to the Carnedday Foothills.

"I'm too hot, time to take off a layer".

Easy going on thes North Wales Path.

A few of the forty plus Mute swans on the sea north of The Spinnies N.R..

A Grey heron with Little egret south of Coed Gyfynys.

A male Stonechat, east of Coed Gyfynys.

A lone Mute swan - hopefully soon to link up with the forty plus seen earlier.

Ring plover on the shore, east of Coed Gyfynys.

A female Wheatear, east of Coed Gyfynys.

A few of the hundred or so Mallard on the sea, north of Cwrtiau.

Walk stats:
Distance: 8.5 miles. Climb: 850'.
Time: 4 hours 42 minutes. O the move walking average: 2,3 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.

Max temperature: 20.2 Celsius. Beaufort Wind Fore: 0 -2 (calm to light breeze).

Group: Martyn, Mike and Roger.

The forecast for today, seemed to be forever changing, but they did get it right in suggesting that it would be larely overcast with the possibilty of rain after lunch.

Distant views were never clear, but a\t least we could still see Anglesy and Puffin Island.

Lunch was taken at the Aber Ogwen coastal car park, where we took advantage of one of the picnic tables.

The initial climb out of Abergwyngregyn was quite tough for some of us, but it wasn't log before we reached the height tha gave us panoramic views of the coast.

It was half way through lunch when we first felt rain drops,that then continued until the end of the walk, never heavy, but you could always feel it in the air.

The tide was pretty  well in as we had lunch, but there we didn't see that many birds on the sea.

Brds seen or hears today included: European robin, Raven, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Rook, Common snipe, Mistle hrush, Mute swan, Wigeon, Stonechat, Common starling, Grey heron, Little egret, Shelduck, Black headed gull, Herring gull, Great black back gull, Woodpigeon, Great spotted woodpecker, Eurasian jay, Goldfinch, Meadow pipit (even Mike sptted one of these before I pointed it out) Oystercatcher, Wheatear, Mallard, Common redshank and Ring plover.

Overall an enjoyable walk with some good birds spots.

After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Blue Bell in Halkyn, wherethe Lees bitte was excellen. However Roger's orange squash was a little on the weak side!