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On Tuesday we took advantage of the lovely weather and went to have a look at Ynys-hir. Wow that is the first thought that comes to mind, the bird and squirrel feeding station by reception started a very enjoyable trip,

One very fat squirrel.

Once we had signed in we went on our way and met up with the ecological grazers.

I am nothing if not predictable and was happy to see the horses.

We moved on the hides on the 1.5 mile route and got some lovely views, from the first one:

Canada Geese were in the majority on land

and the lake

But there was a ?Teal having a nice swim in the sunshine.

We then moved onto another Hide with different views looking out over the estuary.

Canada geese on the estuary

After a while in this hide we went on more of a walk, which has been done very well by sinking the path and stream between the birds grazing and swimming areas. The stream is a haven for insects amphibians and water plants.

the Bulrush stream

AnnMarie catching a rush to show to Tamsin.

We then had more of a walk while admiring the view and trying to creep over the bank to take pictures of grazing geese while not getting thistle thorns in ones hands.

My pictures all had too much foreground reed in them though,I tried to catch the geese as they flew over and eventually I just caught this person though this is an area I need a lot more practice in and he is not highly focused.

Flying goose.

So on round the walk passing another hide witch we glanced in but decided to leave as it was rather full and we had more we wanted to see. The walk in its self is worth while and as long as you are quiet there are plenty of things to see.

Tamsin and AnnMarie Tamsin

We completed the estuary trail and headed onto the woodland trail, to see some different birds,

Robin.

this robin accompanied us for a while. When we rounded the corner we spotted this lovely hide.

Woodland hide.

As you can see the sun was getting low, we stopped to admire the view from this hide then moved on.

This was a really enjoyable walk through the woods then into the wetlands again.

Tamsin on bridge.

Reflections

The path went past another couple of hides one with the story of the Red Kites in it.

After the path went between hedges that were being layed and we watched a spectacular sun set, we came to our last hide of the day, from which we watched hundreds of birds flocking in for the night.

Birds flocking in for the night

We then had the very enjoyable walk back to the car passing the horses that were now being ridden. Dusk was well advanced by the time we got back to the car, I was glad I had my torch with me just in case!

I can highly recommend a day out to this RSPB reserve though good footwear would be a necessity as the trails are 1.5 and 4 miles of natural surface.