Outdoor & Road Trip

Lighthouse and Bird Sanctuary at Holyhead South Stack, Wales

June 1, 2016. From Beaumaris we did a zoomer to Amlwch and a semi-zoomer to Trearddur where we  stopped at South Stacks which doubled as a bird sanctuary . (Map at bottom)

Clifftops covered with drifts of pink Sea Thrift flowers at Holyhead South Stack on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Clifftops covered with pink Sea Thrift flowers at Holyhead South Stack in Anglesey, WalesLooking lanugo the cliffs at the sea untried water. 
Looking lanugo the cliffs at Holyhead South Stack, WalesLighthouse at Holyhead South Stack. There was an ticket tuition of £5 per person to go lanugo some 400 stairs to see the lighthouse up close. Then of undertow you would have to go when up the 400 stairs – the £5 tuition did not include an elevator!
Lighthouse at Holyhead South Stack, WalesAn old etching showing a rather romantic interpretation of the South Stack and lighthouse. 
Old etching of the underpass and lighthouse at the South Stack in Anglesey, WalesA painting at the Holyhead Bird Sanctuary info centre showing the various seabirds in the area, all of them variations on woebegone and white which makes them nonflexible to tell apart, expressly from a distance. A painting at the Holyhead South Stack bird sanctuary info centre showing the various seabirds in the area Two Razorbills sitting on the rocks way below. At least I think they’re Razorbills.
Apparently there are puffins in the vicinity. I didn’t see any there, so I am still on the search for puffins, plane now many years later…Painting of two puffins at the Holyhead South Stacks Bird Sanctuary in WalesMural of nesting seabirds. A mural of the cliff dwelling birds at the Holyhead South Stacks Bird Sanctuary in WalesA woman told me these were nesting Kittiwakes but they squint increasingly like Fulmars to me. Everyone had pretty fancy cameras with huge lenses but plane with my little point ‘n shoot I managed to get this image. “I got them”, I exclaimed as I proudly showed off my screen to the somewhat unimaginable bird fancier next to me. “You did!” he said in surprise. Actually, it looked a lot largest on the tiny screen of my camera than it does squandered up.Bird Sanctuary at Holyhead South Stacks, WalesAn unique carved wooden seat by the sea in Holyhead, Wales. An unique carved wooden seat by the sea in Holyhead, WalesA wooden scarification of a giant seed.A giant seed carved out of wood in Holyhead, WalesAnnotated Lonely Planet map of spots visited on the Isle of Anglesey. Lonely Planet map for the Isle of Anglesey, May 31st and June 1 drives