Another glorious day on the Sunday meant Newborough Forest again 😎 The views of the mountains were again amazing - here is Snowdon in the distance...
An early start meant there were many birds passing along the shore. Sandwich and Little Terns were moving out of the bay, and a dark phase Arctic Skua flew really close offshore looking for trouble. A group of Ringed Plover tried to find a spot to feed but already the beach was too busy.
We decided to go for a walk in the forest, and 2 Red Squirrel showed high in the trees. We spotted some more interesting flowers, and a bit of research identified one of them as the scarce Round-leaved Wintergreen...
Spending all day on the beach is not for me, so whilst the family and dog snoozed I went for a walk exploring the Warren and the dunes system.
Amazing numbers of Butterflies were everywhere. I lost count of the number of Grayling, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown and Common Blue - hundreds in total! Highlights though were a photogenic Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary...
... As well as a couple of Dark-green Fritillary, Hummingbird-Hawkmoth, and a couple of Northern/Oak Eggar moths that fluttered around me.
Monday brought the risk of thunderstorms... They were very spectacular later in the day. The morning was chilled in Beaumaris but then after the storms passed, Simon and I took Bertie for an evening walk in Newborough Forest. At last we got amazing views of Red Squirrel - with 3 showing really well near the car park at Llyn Parc Mawr...
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