Greetings fellow Adventurers!
Today’s trek took us eight miles further and across a county boundary. We set off from the ‘Point of Ayr’ in Flintshire to Rhyl in Denbighshire.

The first half of the walk stretched for four miles across a vast beach to the seaside town of Prestatyn.

As we walked along the beach, we marveled at the wonderful variety of bird life around us – I can only assume that where the estuary meets the ocean a plentiful supply of food is ensured – it certainly seemed to benefit the Little Tern colony nesting behind a fenced off area.
Here are some of the characters we met along our way!





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At Prestatyn we stopped off for a nice cold glass of wine, which was a very welcome on a hot day. And then, suitably refreshed we then set off along the brilliantly long promenade that stretched all the way along the seafront to Rhyl.

Until tomorrow my friends.
the bird photos were perfectly set up in the post – as I scrolled it was fun to see the fish – the wing span – etc
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Thanks! I’m glad you liked them. I did intend to add some captions to them to say what they were – but alas I ran out of time (I had to go to bed 😀 ) Maybe I’ll go back and edit it.
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well you are a wise man to go to sleep – and as awesome as our blogs can be – may we all draw the right boundaries as we post along…
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lol! I agree – sometimes life comes first!
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I’m enjoying these blogs Stuart as they compliment Alli’s but from a different perspective – and I love that picture of the tern with the fish. Those drinks look inviting too 🙂
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Thanks Malc – I’m really glad you’re enjoying them. I’m also glad you think they compliment each other – that’s certainly the idea anyway.
The Little Terns were amazing. We get a lot of Commons around MK but these were something else. They’re like little angles flitting about.
Both these drinks were mine – and were indeed as nice as they looked. Alli also enjoyed her wine too!
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Great shots, Stuart.
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Thanks Sue!
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That is a fantastic photo of the tern with the fish. Your gulls look like close relatives of some we have here, Our most common one is the Silver Gull.
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Thank you, I’m glad you liked it!
For all I know they might well be Silver Gulls – I’m really not that good identifying them without my bird guide!
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I am not good at identifying birds. I did a quick search to see if you had Silver Gulls but the nearest I could find is your common gull but the beak and legs are a different colour. Close cousins I’d say.
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Gulls can be tricky – We have several large species here that all look pretty much the same. They probably were Common Gulls, with maybe some others thrown in. When I get back home I’ll pull my books out and check.
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The other common gull we have is the Pacific Gull which is bigger than the silver and looks like some of your larger ones.
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I had to google those – Very impressive birds!
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Who’s that dude on the beach? He looks so cool! The one with the beard isn’t bad either. 🙂
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😀 lol!!!!
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That lead shot is really nice.
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it (and thanks for taking the time to go through all of my posts 😀 )
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