On Sunday, we went on a trip to Nant Yr Arian (picture above) near Aberystwyth to see the Red Kites being fed. It’s a Forestry Commission site and is dedicated to the welfare of birds, particularly the magnificent Red Kites that were in serious risk of disappearing completely a couple of decades ago. These stunning birds can have a wingspan of up to two metres and there are more of them here than anywhere else in the country. I was expecting a fair number of them, but nothing like this:
At 3PM on the dot, buckets of food were thrown and they swooped and circled while we watched and took pictures along with about 50 other people around the lake. It was a truly wonderful sight and I recommend it if you happen to be in the area. I was hoping to get a good picture of one of them, but whether my photography skills were too poor, it was the wrong light or my camera wasn’t up to the task I don’t know, but I failed miserably. This is what I was hoping for:
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And this is the sort of equipment that I’d probably have needed to get that picture:
Cheers, Tom.
22/07/08 @ 09:36