Today in overcast and showery conditions saw the first guided event of the season, a beach walk on Cefn Sidan between CE51 and CE52, a group of 19 including 6 little ones was a good size. With so much emphasis on the benefits to be gained from "getting outside" and enjoying the countryside and coast, some may be interested to know that todays walk of just over 2 miles (measured on a map), all the ups and downs of the dunes, contributed around 5000 steps to the daily target of 10000!
The walk thorough the reserve revealed a few things but with the season seemingly a few weeks behind we didn't have more than a few flowering plants in bloom, a torpid SLOW WORM raised some interest.
Once on the beach it was clear that the easterly wind of the last few days had covered the older tide lines with sand so we worked the lower beach with a decent array of creatures and shells.
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working through the key for Shark egg-cases,
we decided we had a Blonde Ray case
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With buckets filled with shells, crab casts, Sea Potatoes and seaweeds the little ones set about creating a "fish"
Some great feedback from the participants makes it all worthwhile.
Looks like a very interesting day. We would have liked to attend but were not able to, maybe next time.
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