Holiday Continued

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Whilst we were on our short break we stayed at a lovely old hotel that was once a workhouse called Brynafon Country House Hotel.   We were pretty much the only ones staying there as the owners, who’d only had it for a few months, were planning to close it down for a major refit before next summer’s trade.  Just up the road from the hotel was Gigrin Farm; the reason we had chosen Rhayadar as our base in the first place.  Gigrin Farm is an official Red Kite feeding station set up with the help and blessing of the RSPB.  It has to have its own dedicated fenced off field, so no sheep or cattle eat grass that’s had raw meat on it, due to the fear of foot and mouth. This was a truly amazing sight to see with hundreds of Red Kites coming in to top up their food intake.  Photographing this feeding frenzy was very difficult as the birds are so fast and never fly in a straight line. I was using a shutter speed of 1000th of a second and on many shots this was not fast enough to stop the bird’s movement.

This is something I’d highly recommend to anyone and will definitely do again.

Below is a small selection of images let me know what you think.

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