THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS
The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year,
Of wailing winds and naked woods and meadows brown and sere.
William Cullen Bryant.
What an utter contrast to our weather we have here in just over 7 weeks. Back then in early October, I was fishing in a short sleeved shirt in warm sunshine and 15c at Chirk, today Nigel and I went to Penmaenmawr fly fishing and experienced a complete contrast to that balmy early October day.
Horizontal freezing driving sleet and a gale force wind was the order of the day today.
The South Westerly wind howled unimpeded down Tal-e-Fan ripping the remaining leaves from a belt of mature beech and oak trees at the back of the lake and showering them into the water in great swirls.
Multi coloured rafts of orange, tan and yellow leaves collected in the shallows, blasted across the lake by the brute force of the wind sweeping down the mountain slopes.
Casting was extremely difficult at times and the swirling gusts kept picking the fly line off the water, we packed in early at 2.15pm when it threw another colder batch of sleet and hail at us.
Despite the trying conditions though, I managed to coax out three decent rainbow at a total weight of 12.5lb, Nigel managed two of approx. the same size fish. We called it a good days fishing.
Now my back aches with the cold!
One item of note this last week and a definite first for me was setting up my spotting scope to view the moon on Tuesday night, its supposed to be incredibly close to Earth this week and Monday was the night to see it, but, it was too cloudy! I was surprised at the clarity and detail I observed through my scope.
Right on the top of the moon and slightly to the left hand side at 7.00pm approx. as the moon was still low in the night sky, I could clearly see the profile of a huge mountain range, the peaks brightly illuminated against the black background of space behind, truly awesome!
Spring is nearly here!
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REMEMBER
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no longer hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
you tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to council then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thought that once I had,
Better by far you should remember me and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti
Keith my old mate, I hope that you find some small comfort in the above poem, I know I did after the loss of my sister.
I also sincerely hope you eventually find inner peace from your untimely loss and can walk in the sunshine once again.
Be safe in the knowledge that we are here for you, as friends and comrades.
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no longer hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
you tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to council then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thought that once I had,
Better by far you should remember me and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti
Keith my old mate, I hope that you find some small comfort in the above poem, I know I did after the loss of my sister.
I also sincerely hope you eventually find inner peace from your untimely loss and can walk in the sunshine once again.
Be safe in the knowledge that we are here for you, as friends and comrades.
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To all you fellow Lancastrians,today the 27th November is 'Lancashire day' its also the 4th anniversary of that dreadful night of the St Asaph floods when the Elwy burst over the flood defence barriers and flooded the lower part of the city.
The river was still high and fast this morning due to ice and snow melt from the mountains after last nights thaw. It was running quite clear and free of leaves though, flowing through both arches of the old stone A525 road bridge but well down from last Fridays high when it was up and khaki coloured, within a metre of the carved wooden otter next to the viewing platform at the back of The Roe.
There was a picture I kept from the Daily Post taken last winter of the otters head just showing above the flood waters, this otter is about 5 foot high so it was a pretty worrying depth of water flowing through that day but still safely contained behind the raised flood defence barrier with the footpath on.
To give you an idea of the height of the floods that hit St Asaph that fateful night of the 27th, this morning the river was fairly high and up to about 10 foot below the stone arches but on the night of the 27th November 2012 the river rose to within 4 inches of the top of the footpath arch and was already flowing over the flood barrier, coursing unchecked through the lower St Asaph streets with devastating consequences.
Such a beautiful sunny day yesterday but bitterly cold, it took us 20 minutes de-icing the car and despite the warm sun melting the frost by 11.00am the heavy frost persisted all day in the shade in the back garden, that is until it clouded over at about 4.00pm precipitating a thaw.
The large Holly tree at the bottom of our back garden has its biggest crop of berries ever this year and yesterday it had a right assortment of visitors paying homage to the large crop of lovely bright red berries gleaming attractively in the bright sunshine.
In the morning, about 10.30am, a small flock of about eight or nine Fieldfares were feeding on the berries and I was surprised to see three Starlings feeding with them and also two male Blackbirds, and most unusual, a solitary male Blackcap hopping amongst the branches.
I thought I'd spotted a Willow Tit at first as they are fairly common visitors, but I consulted my RSPB oracle and positively identified it.
The local birdies are still a bit shy of our newly re-commissioned bird feeders, except of course the ubiquitous Bluetits and Great Tits, but no doubt hunger will prevail as local food reserves disappear.
Mind you, at the rate of knots the Holly and Pyracantha berries were dissapearing yesterday, that will be any day soon!
The river was still high and fast this morning due to ice and snow melt from the mountains after last nights thaw. It was running quite clear and free of leaves though, flowing through both arches of the old stone A525 road bridge but well down from last Fridays high when it was up and khaki coloured, within a metre of the carved wooden otter next to the viewing platform at the back of The Roe.
There was a picture I kept from the Daily Post taken last winter of the otters head just showing above the flood waters, this otter is about 5 foot high so it was a pretty worrying depth of water flowing through that day but still safely contained behind the raised flood defence barrier with the footpath on.
To give you an idea of the height of the floods that hit St Asaph that fateful night of the 27th, this morning the river was fairly high and up to about 10 foot below the stone arches but on the night of the 27th November 2012 the river rose to within 4 inches of the top of the footpath arch and was already flowing over the flood barrier, coursing unchecked through the lower St Asaph streets with devastating consequences.
Such a beautiful sunny day yesterday but bitterly cold, it took us 20 minutes de-icing the car and despite the warm sun melting the frost by 11.00am the heavy frost persisted all day in the shade in the back garden, that is until it clouded over at about 4.00pm precipitating a thaw.
The large Holly tree at the bottom of our back garden has its biggest crop of berries ever this year and yesterday it had a right assortment of visitors paying homage to the large crop of lovely bright red berries gleaming attractively in the bright sunshine.
In the morning, about 10.30am, a small flock of about eight or nine Fieldfares were feeding on the berries and I was surprised to see three Starlings feeding with them and also two male Blackbirds, and most unusual, a solitary male Blackcap hopping amongst the branches.
I thought I'd spotted a Willow Tit at first as they are fairly common visitors, but I consulted my RSPB oracle and positively identified it.
The local birdies are still a bit shy of our newly re-commissioned bird feeders, except of course the ubiquitous Bluetits and Great Tits, but no doubt hunger will prevail as local food reserves disappear.
Mind you, at the rate of knots the Holly and Pyracantha berries were dissapearing yesterday, that will be any day soon!
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The dickie birds didn't take long to find the newly topped up bird feeders this week.
Tuesday we saw a male Greater Spotted Woodpecker vigorously attacking the suet pellets and the Chaffinches, Sparrows and Woodpigeons were back to clearing up the spilled sunflower hearts and suet on the ground under the feeders from the messy Greenfinches and Goldfinches.
Funny incident yesterday from our nephew Steven, we were all at a funeral in Whitstable on Wednesday and he was travelling back up to Lancaster and decided to call in on his old aunt Veronica at Basildon.
She told him she had a most beautiful red and green wild parrot come to the garden every day, "it must have escaped from captivity" she told him.
Whilst he was there she told him it had just flown into the garden and was feeding on the grassy slope at the back of the large rear garden. Steven went up to the best vantage point, a second floor bedroom with a pair of binoculars, he could see this lovely large green 'parrot' feeding in the grass, then it lifted its head and he found he was looking at; a Green Woodpecker!
Tuesday we saw a male Greater Spotted Woodpecker vigorously attacking the suet pellets and the Chaffinches, Sparrows and Woodpigeons were back to clearing up the spilled sunflower hearts and suet on the ground under the feeders from the messy Greenfinches and Goldfinches.
Funny incident yesterday from our nephew Steven, we were all at a funeral in Whitstable on Wednesday and he was travelling back up to Lancaster and decided to call in on his old aunt Veronica at Basildon.
She told him she had a most beautiful red and green wild parrot come to the garden every day, "it must have escaped from captivity" she told him.
Whilst he was there she told him it had just flown into the garden and was feeding on the grassy slope at the back of the large rear garden. Steven went up to the best vantage point, a second floor bedroom with a pair of binoculars, he could see this lovely large green 'parrot' feeding in the grass, then it lifted its head and he found he was looking at; a Green Woodpecker!
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BARE TREE
A bare tree stands
with roots at both ends
in December days
Anon
I found my koi pond quite murky over last few weeks and discovered my UV lamp in the TMC UV filter had recently ceased to function, not bad from replacement early last March.
As I discovered in the past, these UV lamp tubes can work from as little as 6 weeks, ( this was on a genuine 55watt TMC Proclear replacement lamp) to almost 12 months on a Phillips alternative replacement lamp.
The lamps I have used for the last two years are Arcadia UV lamps from discountleisureproducts in Spalding Linc's. The 55w are £12.65 and the 25w I use on my quarantine tank are £8.35 this includes P&P.
I no longer use the much more expensive TMC lamps as there is the same guarantee ( read that as absolutely no guarantee) on how long they will function, i.e. continue to produce uv rays.
Unlike a household bulb that 'pops' and goes out, the uv lamp will continue to light up long after its ceased its function of zapping microbes and algae.
Down on the Elwy this morning walking the dogs I spotted the female Goosander back on her own again near the new metal Pont Begard bridge, but she lifted up and flew upriver, disturbed by someone's spaniel leaping in the river.
Crossing over the bridge we spotted a Dipper diving off the rocks at the pool below the large wooden Kingfisher carving.
The river was still flowing fast and fairly high but very clear, quite a bit clearer and slightly lower than yesterday.
We spotted a Heron standing against the bank across the river from us on The Roe and another Dipper working the pool just down from the A525 stone road bridge.
As we got to the back of Foxons we saw another two Goosander flying close together up the river, possibly our females young ones? then, as if on cue, a large quite dark Heron flew low downriver, making its peculiar 'Kronking' call as it flew.
Digging up a cherry tree this afternoon I noticed what I at first took to be snowflakes drifting past my peripheral vision, I straightened up then looked up and saw it wasn't snowflakes but very pale brown flakes drifting down, a small flock of Goldfinches and a couple of Long Tailed Tits were stripping seeds from a large Birch tree in next doors garden and showering me with the tiny husks.
The Fieldfares, with plenty of local help, have managed to strip the holly tree of its entire crop of berries already, the last few remaining berries went early Friday morning, at least that's the last time I saw the Fieldfares. Friday morning they were possibly just checking it over in case they missed one, they have also eaten all the Cotoneaster, Pyracantha and Hawthorn berries around our back garden and our neighbours, yet the masses of attractive bright orange Rowan berries on The Roe just two miles away seem virtually untouched this morning; as yet!
Its good to see the local Sparrows seem to be holding their own as this afternoon I counted over twenty in next doors quite large Hawthorn tree were they always seem to gather.
Its relatively safe from hawk attack as its grown quite dense through regular clippings in the past, I'm sure the Sparrows roost there on the milder dryer nights as I've heard their cheeps at dusk and they roost in the denser Leylandii hedge next to the Hawthorn on colder nights.
A bare tree stands
with roots at both ends
in December days
Anon
I found my koi pond quite murky over last few weeks and discovered my UV lamp in the TMC UV filter had recently ceased to function, not bad from replacement early last March.
As I discovered in the past, these UV lamp tubes can work from as little as 6 weeks, ( this was on a genuine 55watt TMC Proclear replacement lamp) to almost 12 months on a Phillips alternative replacement lamp.
The lamps I have used for the last two years are Arcadia UV lamps from discountleisureproducts in Spalding Linc's. The 55w are £12.65 and the 25w I use on my quarantine tank are £8.35 this includes P&P.
I no longer use the much more expensive TMC lamps as there is the same guarantee ( read that as absolutely no guarantee) on how long they will function, i.e. continue to produce uv rays.
Unlike a household bulb that 'pops' and goes out, the uv lamp will continue to light up long after its ceased its function of zapping microbes and algae.
Down on the Elwy this morning walking the dogs I spotted the female Goosander back on her own again near the new metal Pont Begard bridge, but she lifted up and flew upriver, disturbed by someone's spaniel leaping in the river.
Crossing over the bridge we spotted a Dipper diving off the rocks at the pool below the large wooden Kingfisher carving.
The river was still flowing fast and fairly high but very clear, quite a bit clearer and slightly lower than yesterday.
We spotted a Heron standing against the bank across the river from us on The Roe and another Dipper working the pool just down from the A525 stone road bridge.
As we got to the back of Foxons we saw another two Goosander flying close together up the river, possibly our females young ones? then, as if on cue, a large quite dark Heron flew low downriver, making its peculiar 'Kronking' call as it flew.
Digging up a cherry tree this afternoon I noticed what I at first took to be snowflakes drifting past my peripheral vision, I straightened up then looked up and saw it wasn't snowflakes but very pale brown flakes drifting down, a small flock of Goldfinches and a couple of Long Tailed Tits were stripping seeds from a large Birch tree in next doors garden and showering me with the tiny husks.
The Fieldfares, with plenty of local help, have managed to strip the holly tree of its entire crop of berries already, the last few remaining berries went early Friday morning, at least that's the last time I saw the Fieldfares. Friday morning they were possibly just checking it over in case they missed one, they have also eaten all the Cotoneaster, Pyracantha and Hawthorn berries around our back garden and our neighbours, yet the masses of attractive bright orange Rowan berries on The Roe just two miles away seem virtually untouched this morning; as yet!
Its good to see the local Sparrows seem to be holding their own as this afternoon I counted over twenty in next doors quite large Hawthorn tree were they always seem to gather.
Its relatively safe from hawk attack as its grown quite dense through regular clippings in the past, I'm sure the Sparrows roost there on the milder dryer nights as I've heard their cheeps at dusk and they roost in the denser Leylandii hedge next to the Hawthorn on colder nights.
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WINTER
Clouded with snow
The cold winds blow,
And shrill on leafless bough
The robin with its burning breast
Alone sings now.
The rayless sun,
Day's journey done,
Sheds its last ebbing light
On fields in leagues of beauty spread
Unearthly white.
Thick draws the dark,
And spark by spark,
The frost-fires kindle and soon
Over that sea of frozen foam
Floats the white moon.
Walter de la Mare
Since we started to feed the birds again this winter, the bird food that disappears at the fastest rate of knots are without a doubt the sunflower hearts, everything loves to eat them; including woodpeckers, robins, and hedgehogs and of course the voles mice and squirrels help themselves in the ground feeders!
I've found the cheapest source of supply lately via the internet is hopewellsfeeds, at £29.75 including P&P for 30 kilo's of dehulled black sunflower seeds, these are bakery grade kernels and a high fat food source for wintering birds.
It makes perfect sense, that its excellent value for money and of course its much cheaper to order in bulk.
If you think 30 kilo's is an awful lot to order then consider this, at the moment, the birds are eating about a kilo or so every two days, that means just at the present rate of use is that our 30 kilo's will be well gone by the end of January, quite often our coldest period of winter.
Meanwhile, if it snows and freezes during this period, the rate of use will likely be trebled; particularly if we put more feeders up in the bad weather.
The sunflower hearts are of course in addition to a host of other feeds, there are fat balls, supplemented suet pellets and blocks, and of course specialist bird seeds like the black Niger seed for the Goldfinches.
Of course the big big bonus is, you get to see an awful lot of hungry birds flocking to your feeders every day, hopefully a good variety of birds too when the jungle (woods) telegraph puts it around for free birdie food in North Wales..
Clouded with snow
The cold winds blow,
And shrill on leafless bough
The robin with its burning breast
Alone sings now.
The rayless sun,
Day's journey done,
Sheds its last ebbing light
On fields in leagues of beauty spread
Unearthly white.
Thick draws the dark,
And spark by spark,
The frost-fires kindle and soon
Over that sea of frozen foam
Floats the white moon.
Walter de la Mare
Since we started to feed the birds again this winter, the bird food that disappears at the fastest rate of knots are without a doubt the sunflower hearts, everything loves to eat them; including woodpeckers, robins, and hedgehogs and of course the voles mice and squirrels help themselves in the ground feeders!
I've found the cheapest source of supply lately via the internet is hopewellsfeeds, at £29.75 including P&P for 30 kilo's of dehulled black sunflower seeds, these are bakery grade kernels and a high fat food source for wintering birds.
It makes perfect sense, that its excellent value for money and of course its much cheaper to order in bulk.
If you think 30 kilo's is an awful lot to order then consider this, at the moment, the birds are eating about a kilo or so every two days, that means just at the present rate of use is that our 30 kilo's will be well gone by the end of January, quite often our coldest period of winter.
Meanwhile, if it snows and freezes during this period, the rate of use will likely be trebled; particularly if we put more feeders up in the bad weather.
The sunflower hearts are of course in addition to a host of other feeds, there are fat balls, supplemented suet pellets and blocks, and of course specialist bird seeds like the black Niger seed for the Goldfinches.
Of course the big big bonus is, you get to see an awful lot of hungry birds flocking to your feeders every day, hopefully a good variety of birds too when the jungle (woods) telegraph puts it around for free birdie food in North Wales..
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ON THIS DAY.
Lest we forget!
on this day at 7.48am Hawaii time, the 7th December 1941 355 airplanes from the Imperial Japanese Navy made an unprovoked attack on the U.S Naval Base at Pearl Harbour Hawaii. I was 2 months old at the time so don't remember it personally but my mam did, I was born during the 1941 blitz when the German Luftwaffe were doing to us on a nightly basis for months on end what the IJN did to the American Navy at Pearl harbour in just 90 minutes.
Lest we forget!
on this day at 7.48am Hawaii time, the 7th December 1941 355 airplanes from the Imperial Japanese Navy made an unprovoked attack on the U.S Naval Base at Pearl Harbour Hawaii. I was 2 months old at the time so don't remember it personally but my mam did, I was born during the 1941 blitz when the German Luftwaffe were doing to us on a nightly basis for months on end what the IJN did to the American Navy at Pearl harbour in just 90 minutes.
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Happy birthday to; Issur Danielovitch.
Born this day the 9th of December 1916, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Amsterdam New York USA.
Later known as Issy Demsky but now much better known to the world as Kirk Douglas the talented American actor.
Born this day the 9th of December 1916, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Amsterdam New York USA.
Later known as Issy Demsky but now much better known to the world as Kirk Douglas the talented American actor.
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Forgot to mention yesterday but, the 9th of December was/is ;
INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY.
Initiated by the United Nations since 2003, there is about 2 billion paid out every year in business inducements, (bribes and graft). The U.N wants a level playing field they say, I somehow get the cynical impression this is for American commerce to get their noses farther into the trough without having to pay through the nose for the privilege!
This dishonest 'business inducement' has gone on from biblical times, it's just that now today, the sums involved are of biblical proportions.
9th December is appropriate timing, or is it coincidence?, for it was Jesus Christ who threw the moneychangers and animal traders out of the temple in Jerusalem for their lack of business ethics!
Quoted " It is written: 'My house is a house of prayer.'
But you are making it a den of thieves'".... how appropriate in todays financial climate, nothing changes.
Caveat here is, the authorities crucified him a week later!
INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY.
Initiated by the United Nations since 2003, there is about 2 billion paid out every year in business inducements, (bribes and graft). The U.N wants a level playing field they say, I somehow get the cynical impression this is for American commerce to get their noses farther into the trough without having to pay through the nose for the privilege!
This dishonest 'business inducement' has gone on from biblical times, it's just that now today, the sums involved are of biblical proportions.
9th December is appropriate timing, or is it coincidence?, for it was Jesus Christ who threw the moneychangers and animal traders out of the temple in Jerusalem for their lack of business ethics!
Quoted " It is written: 'My house is a house of prayer.'
But you are making it a den of thieves'".... how appropriate in todays financial climate, nothing changes.
Caveat here is, the authorities crucified him a week later!
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WINTER MORNING
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning tree stumps into snowmen,
And houses into birthday cakes,
And spreading sugar over lakes.
Smooth and clean and frosty white,
The world looks good enough to bite,
That's the season to be young
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it's snowing
I'm sorry it's slushy when it's going.
Ogden Nash
On the 3rd of this month I mentioned the masses of Rowan berries on The Roe in St Asaph, just too tempting to see so many berries going begging and I was right, just 8 days later they were under attack from a very big flock of Scandinavian invaders, Fieldfares, Redwings and;...Waxwings!
We walked the dogs Sunday morning across the Common and came across people standing around the football pitches or under the now bare Black Poplar and Horse Chestnut trees, without dogs!
That's very unusual early on a winter Sunday morning as only joggers, insomniacs and doggy people venture out that early.
Some were in groups, some singly but most had high powered cameras with the huge lens you associate with dedicated 'Twitchers' for that's what they were.
Our dogs headed for the nearest group to check them out for free food and we quickly followed them to stop them cadging, as we noticed one chap was eating a sandwich.
Very friendly group of Twitchers it turned out, they explained about the big attraction, a large flock of Waxwings and pointed the flock out to us.
The flock, was actually a mixture of Waxwings, Redwings and Fieldfares that were gathered in the top of the enormous and now very rare Black Poplar trees that The Common in St Asaph is famous for.
The uniqueness of the scene wasn't lost as one chap had read the council notice below the poplars and said it was a rarely seen bird in a rarely seen tree and he had photographed the notice board explaining about the rare Black Poplar.
One chap from Widnes who let me view the Waxwings in the high poplars through his viewfinder already had some excellent pictures, he proudly showed to us on his 36 megapixel camera! Wow!!!!!!!!!!!
My humble Canon camera is merely 12.1mp!
These people are dedicated serious photographers who travel at the drop of a hat, they must be, for when we got back to our car we spoke to another nice Twitcher couple all the way from Bedford who had got some unexpected bonus pictures on the river as well as the Waxwings; our tame resident Goosander and a Dipper, and of course whilst they were here they took pictures of our celebrated carvings, the bat, badger, otter, salmon, butterfly and kingfisher.
They were actually staying in the B&B just by the Farmers at Waen were we hold our Koi meetings and where we all were on Wednesday seeing Majdi's pic's of his trip to Japan.
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning tree stumps into snowmen,
And houses into birthday cakes,
And spreading sugar over lakes.
Smooth and clean and frosty white,
The world looks good enough to bite,
That's the season to be young
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it's snowing
I'm sorry it's slushy when it's going.
Ogden Nash
On the 3rd of this month I mentioned the masses of Rowan berries on The Roe in St Asaph, just too tempting to see so many berries going begging and I was right, just 8 days later they were under attack from a very big flock of Scandinavian invaders, Fieldfares, Redwings and;...Waxwings!
We walked the dogs Sunday morning across the Common and came across people standing around the football pitches or under the now bare Black Poplar and Horse Chestnut trees, without dogs!
That's very unusual early on a winter Sunday morning as only joggers, insomniacs and doggy people venture out that early.
Some were in groups, some singly but most had high powered cameras with the huge lens you associate with dedicated 'Twitchers' for that's what they were.
Our dogs headed for the nearest group to check them out for free food and we quickly followed them to stop them cadging, as we noticed one chap was eating a sandwich.
Very friendly group of Twitchers it turned out, they explained about the big attraction, a large flock of Waxwings and pointed the flock out to us.
The flock, was actually a mixture of Waxwings, Redwings and Fieldfares that were gathered in the top of the enormous and now very rare Black Poplar trees that The Common in St Asaph is famous for.
The uniqueness of the scene wasn't lost as one chap had read the council notice below the poplars and said it was a rarely seen bird in a rarely seen tree and he had photographed the notice board explaining about the rare Black Poplar.
One chap from Widnes who let me view the Waxwings in the high poplars through his viewfinder already had some excellent pictures, he proudly showed to us on his 36 megapixel camera! Wow!!!!!!!!!!!
My humble Canon camera is merely 12.1mp!
These people are dedicated serious photographers who travel at the drop of a hat, they must be, for when we got back to our car we spoke to another nice Twitcher couple all the way from Bedford who had got some unexpected bonus pictures on the river as well as the Waxwings; our tame resident Goosander and a Dipper, and of course whilst they were here they took pictures of our celebrated carvings, the bat, badger, otter, salmon, butterfly and kingfisher.
They were actually staying in the B&B just by the Farmers at Waen were we hold our Koi meetings and where we all were on Wednesday seeing Majdi's pic's of his trip to Japan.