Ramnesia - 30th and 31st of August 2013

We had weekend trip to The Welsh Wildlife centre in Cilgerran and Ramsey Island, and had a great couple of days. A trip to the kingfisher hide on Friday brought me down to earth with a hard bump. What I had thought was a kingfisher's alarm call turned out to be a stupidly similar sounding squeaky wheel from a bike or pushchair going behind the hide. Budding naturalist? Back to the drawing board.

Jess was very keen eyed, and saw this weird Ichneumon wasp, and also a Magpie moth!

This giant badger (as well as allegedly spreading TB) was also photobombing our shots -

After a stunning meal in the Bishops (a pint or two, including one called Ramnesia which knocked my head off) and a sunset visit to the Cathedral in St Davids, we woke up nice and early in the B+B and made our way to St Justinians to the boat station. While waiting for the boat I saw a peregrine fly by just beyond the shore. 

Landing we saw a grey seal mother and pup in the small bay by the landing, and met Greg and Lisa on the way up onto the Island.

 We were soon off exploring and we saw plenty of chough, probably the most I've ever seen in one go, lots more seals, mippits and rippits, wheatear, warbler, 'sprawk, buzzard, fulmar, stone chats. We left feeling slightly sun burnt, tired, but very happy.