I recently spent the weekend in Wales with a friend to photograph Red Kites...but left with more than I expected. Wales is an incredible place to see the fast recovering Red Kite and plays a huge part in the reintroduction of a threatened species thanks to voluntary feeding stations like The Red Kite Feeding Centre in Llanddeusant. The feeding at this time of year is a 3pm so we decided to visit the waterfalls in Talybont for some landscape work in the morning first. However, lenses were quickly changed when we discovered one of my favourite river dwelling birds- the Dipper! What followed was two days of trawling through fast flowing streams in the mornings for Dippers and Grey Wagtails, and then sitting in a hide for a few hours in the afternoons for Red Kites and Buzzards as well as the unexpected Swallows and Wren nesting in the hide.
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Tim Collier
13/9/2015 09:20:13 pm
Hey Tom these are really good - love the preening swallow!
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Tom Campbell
14/9/2015 12:00:52 am
Thank you Tim! I really appreciate it. The preening swallow is probably my favourite - I don't think I've ever apreciated how blue their plumage is!
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