The start of my walk.
The start of the riverside path on the south side of the river.
Dandelions line the path.
The path to Sandycroft.
Preparations for sending carbon dioxide to Morecombe Bay!
Horse riders on the main North Wales Coastal Path.
Easier to share the path with them than some cyclists!
A Red admiral butterfly on the path.
A Speckled wood butterfly on the path.
Grazing on the river bank.
The path to Queensferry.
Bluebells next to the riverside path.
Believe it or not, this is a Red kite.
A major project at this farm between Queensferry and Hawarden Bridge.
This is all that remains of an impressive entrance to the original estate.
The last section of the path leading to Hawarden Bridge.
The former John Summer's Steel Works HQ.
Alexandra Road Park, Shotton.
Distance: 6.0 miles. Climb: 200'.Time: 2 hours 30 minutes. Overall walking average: 2.4 m.p.h. Just a gentle stroll this morning - too many stops look at birds, flowers and butterflies!
Temperature: Not measured, but Met Office suggested it would have been about 20 Celsius for most of my walk.
Beaufort Wind Force: Not measured, but no more than 1 Light air.
Birds seen or heard today included: Wood pigeon, Collared dove, Common chaffinch, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, House sparrow, European robin, Common blackbird, Common whitethroat, Sedge warbler, Willow warbler, Lesser black background gull, Herring gull, Dunnock, House martin, Lapwing, Skylark and Red kite ( a bird I wasn't expecting to see )
Butterflies seen: Orange tip, Red admiral, Peacock, Small white and Speckled wood.
Flowers seen included: Dandelion, Selfheal, Common daisy, Red campion, Jack the lad and Bluebell.
I finished off the walk with an excellent pint of Gadd's (Ramsgate) brewery’s Stan the Man session bitter in the Cenral Hotel, Shotton.
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