I’m a frustrated wildlife nut at heart but having two young children, does not make for a fantastic wildlife watching experience most of the time (especially with Jay fighting imaginary battles along the way)! Now they are getting a little older I am getting increasingly optimistic regarding our chances to see something worthwhile. The Pembrokeshire Coast is a great location and whilst we will inevitably miss some of the iconic spectacles that can be witnessed at other points in the year (pupping seals in the autumn, flocks of nesting seabirds in the spring/summer), I’m still optimistic that it could be a fruitful trip.
So, what might we see. Well, we are hoping to track down some otters (our last otter hunting trip in Shetland proving unsuccessful) near Bosherston Lakes and perhaps if we are lucky some moulting seals as we traverse some of the coastal path towards the north of the Park. We are planning a walk around Dinas Island and I also understand that we may get lucky and spot a pod of porpoises in this area close to the shore, or even more rarely basking sharks, whales or dolphin (not overly optimistic but you never know). Around Dinas Island there are also apparently a couple of prime rock pooling beaches (Pwllgwaelod and Cwm-yr-Eglwys), so we’ll probably have nets hanging from our rucksacks for the trip rather than the more usual walking poles! Pembrokeshire is also famous for its birdlife and as such I’d love to catch some of the more eclectic species the region has to offer like Choughs, Golden Plover, Goldeneye, Peregrine Falcons etc. Finally, for an evening spectacle, I’m hoping to cajole the family into trying to spy a starling murmation (a huge flock often numbering in the hundreds of thousands that wheels around the evening sky prior to roosting) at either Dudwell or Plumstone Mountains (SM918234/SM914233), which are both conveniently close to where we are staying, and/or Minwear Woods (SN054139 – Canaston Bridge), nearer to where we are hoping to spy the otters. Either way, a nice thermos of hot chocolate should I think be all the coercion needed to get the family on board.
0 Comments
Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
December 2017
Categories
All
|