Diaries of a Wildlife and Outdoors lover: sea birds

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Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Gannets at Llandudno

After recovering from my 24 hour cold we were up and out relaxing in the warm late Summer sunshine. It felt like it was June not September as the weather was beautiful and even the sea was warm enough to take a dip in.

While there I checked out a few areas where I could possibly live when it comes to move there in a few years depending on my financial situation. The main reason I want to live there is the stunning natural beauty in the area and the amount of first time encounters I have had there has just been amazing. The other good thing is the thought of a view over the sea and as North Wales is only an hour so away it would be quite easy to visit my current wildlife patch every now and then.
While walking down from the Great Orme one afternoon the tide was reaching its peak and while walking down we noticed lots of Gulls and 4-5 Gannets coming in close and diving a few meters away from the sea wall.

A Gannet just hits the water below the marine drive on the west shore side

My favorite photograph from the encounter

A lovely portrait shot I managed to get from the landscape shot above

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Stay wild, be happy and be safe

Mike

Thursday, 15 September 2016

A Mermaids purse found on Llandudno beach

While on our late summers break on the coast of Wales we ended up having cooled down in the sea after a long coastal path walk you would have thought it was June by all the sun worshipers on the beach. As the tide came in my brother noticed a Mermaids purse or a shark/Ray egg case in the shallower water. Usually, we find them hatched or predated but the special thing about this one was that inside there was a small embryo growing inside with a small amount of liquid and it's food sack I think.

After a quick photograph we placed it back in the same place we found it and added some extra seaweed to give this precious creature a chance.
In 2014 I found 3 Nurse sharks caught by the fisherman and thrown behind a kiosk on Llandudno pier and to see them so small and fragile in there see through protective cases just makes the killing of these sharks more sickening. Every time I visit I always check to see there are none there.

2014 BLOG POST

I have sent my photograph to some Shark experts to see if they can identify the species as I have tried but I'm not sure. See what you think here - http://www.sharktrust.org/en/eggcase_species

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Stay wild, be happy and be safe

Mike

Sunday, 11 September 2016

A short week by the sea

Last week I spent Monday to Friday in a caravan on the North Wales coast and as I usually spend my weeks in a cottage but as it takes to long to clean a larger property I felt like a smaller rented property would be better.

Our heavy 100 Litre back packs full of much needed gear

On the way there I developed a 24hr cold and by the time we got there and had a quick walk and did some shopping I was worn out. By 6pm I was ready to go to sleep and rest up for the next day of walking on the coast and it was lucky I did as the next few days were very interesting.

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Quick visit to the Sea bird cliffs

Like most years on my June trip to North Wales I always make time to visit the sea bird cliffs to see how they compare to last year and after walking through waist deep water to get there it was nice to see that there were quite a few sea birds this year. There were no chicks yet and this time last year there were chicks in most nests and I am thinking some of the other bird life maybe taking a few eggs from this area of nesting birds as we found evidence up on the tops of the cliffs. I shall post in the future about what maybe having an effect on the nesting sea birds in the next few weeks.