Sunday: Holy Island, Cemlyn Bay

We picked up a packed lunch from the hotel and went to the RSPB reserve at South Stack on Holy Island. There was a Chough on the roof of the visitor centre when we arrived.

Chough

Lots of Guillemots and Razorbills on the cliffs.

Guillemots (lots)

We walked along the cost and over the heather moorland to North Stack, then back around the other side and up to the trig point on the top.

Heath Spotted Orchid

From the trig point we could see the Isle of Man to the north and the Snowdonia mountains to the south-east.

On the way back we stopped at Cemlyn Bay. Some islands in a brackish lagoon have nesting colonies of Sandwich, Arctic and Common Terns.

Cemlyn Bay Sandwich Tern nesting colonies

The Terns were flying back and forth across the shingle barrier, returning to their nests with Sand Eels in their beaks.

Sandwich Tern

Lots of Sea Kale growing on the shingle.

Sea Kale

On the other side of the bay was the decommissioned Wylfa nuclear power station.

Wylfa

Around the corner there were seals in the water and hauled out on rocks.

Lots of Stonechats today.

Young Stonechat