In good weather conditions a crowd of 21 children and nine adults, including the organisers, wandered on to Cefn Sidan to explore the beach after the mornings high tide.
The first and striking creatures we saw were probably 100's of Barrel Jellyfish washed up on the strandline, not unusual for this stretch of coast.
The kids, (not sure if that's pc these days but eh oh), were soon collecting shells, seaweed, feathers and other items to be identified, we were using old "takeaway" containers these are ideal for the kids to carry their finds.
I was so pleased to find that some of the older kids were keen to learn and really quite knowledgeable about the items they were finding and were not at all phased by the dead Manx Shearwater one of them found, even when I pulled the head off to keep the skull.
Breeding on the offshore islands on the West and North coasts of the UK, these masters of the air spend their winters off the coast of South America
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Story telling the life of the Manx Shearwater,
(I wish the photographer would tell me before taking a photo so that I can breath in and put my cap on properly LOL)
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The good weather soon looked like it was going to turn very wet so we headed back to the cars earlier than planned which was just as well because no sooner had we made it back than it started to pour down.
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