On hand were Helen Grey from Countryside Connections, Martin Humphreys Bird expert and Alastair Duncan from Stillwalks.
The event was very well attended by the general public and was tremendously informative. We were lucky that the weather was fine and all the birds were busy chirping away to keep our experts busy.
Even though most of us are regular users of the park we were amazed how many different species of birds there are in this area (we counted around about 30)
And we even discovered 2 nests which which will remain a secret only for us who were there (If you use the park you will pass them but wont know about them :-)
To jolly the event along Helen had provided us with a sheet of paper with different birds marked on it so we could tick them off as we heard or saw them or Bird Bingo to give it an official title. This was won by the youngest member of the group who left with a handful of birdie goodies.
The morning ended off with a bacon roll (a vegatarian option was included) and a cup of tea or coffee.
There are more events planned over the coming months in other locations in the swansea area if you are interested then you can email Helen Grey at:-Helen.grey@swansea.gov.uk
Alastair Duncan's Website can be found at:-www.stillwalks.com
And on Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/#!/StillWalks
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| Helen Welcomes us all and takes us through the relevant info |
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| Bird expert Martin Introduces himself |
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| Alastair Introduces himself |
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| A Bird Bingo sheet |
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| It's not a bird but I could not resist a pic |
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| Alastair listening and recording bird song |
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| Viewing the crows nest (With chicks) |
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| A busy morning for the blue tits in this box |
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| A young robin |
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| Our resident ducks forage for breakfast in the bluebells |
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| The winner of Bird Bingo |
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