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Natural Congregation and Reviewing the Walk

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This arc of pigeons arranged on the railings at the end of my walk this week in Roath Park, Cardiff, give the appearance of spectators at an event – but what is the event? I am pretty sure there was nothing going on out of our view here, that it is just a natural congregation of birds probably having a bit of siesta in the early afternoon, but your guess is as good as mine. Anyone got any suggestions?

pigeons

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Roath Park Soundscape

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Swans taking flight
Walkers, joggers and pram pushers
Sitting ducks
green lake
Feeding Frenzy
Kittywake
Mothers in the park
railings and boats
Roath’s Pride
Monument – Scott Memorial Lighthouse
taking a nap
Roath Park, Cardiff
cormorant concentrating
Spectating

Stepping Down for an Overflow Drink

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Walking along the southern end of Roath Park lake on my walk this week, I wonder if there is a particular attraction to this duck of the water falling down the lake’s overflow. Does it taste better than that in the lake itself? Perhaps it has a need for extra oxygen – who knows? It’s probably just a whim.

taking a drink

Overflow

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taking a nap
Classic profile
Railings perspective
Terra Nova Cafe
Taking a drink
Roath Park, Cardiff

A Common Meeting but a Rare Occasion

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It is a rare occasion that I will post photos of specific people let alone members of my family, but I have to say I like this photo of my daughter Ellen. Taken a year ago as we met in Roath Park following her meeting at Cardiff Met University. She has since completed her Masters in English and gained a distinction and a year later has presented a paper at this year’s Tolkien Society Oxonmoot. She also has a blog and says she intends to post more often!

We met before I had completed my circuit of Roath Lake and so we carried on round with me taking photos along the way.

Ellen Duncan

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railings and boats
Roath’s Pride
fancy columns
Rowlocks composition
Monument – Scott Memorial Lighthouse

Feeding Frenzy

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Walking round Roath Park lake in Cardiff there were many opportunities to photograph the birds – trouble is they will insist on moving! Fast shutter speeds and quick reflexes will suffice but you still have to take a load of pulse shots to have any hope of freezing there sometimes frenzied motion – particularly when they are fighting over food.

More relaxed are the mothers and their their babies enjoying the natural environment in the centre of a busy city.

Kittywake

I think this is a Kittywake

Feeding Frenzy

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Feeding Frenzy
Kittywake
Early Autumn colour
Mothers in the park

Sitting Ducks

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Literally – sitting ducks! But no danger to them I think. My walk this week around the lake in Roath Park, Cardiff was peaceful but not quiet. I wouldn’t describe either the lake or the park as overcrowded, but there was plenty of both human and wildlife enjoying the day there.

sitting ducks

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Sitting ducks
Roath Lake – north end
green lake
fence

My Walk this Week – Roath Park

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My walk this week is from September last year. I had given my daughter a lift to Cardiff and while she did her thing I did mine, namely a walk round the lake in Roath Park.

It is a beautiful and popular park with many different birds, people and dogs all enjoying an opportunity to walk, jog, run, play, cycle, fly, feed, look, listen or just sit and take it all in.

Roath park-2

Ducks and Dogs in Roath Park

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Swans taking flight
mother and child walking the dog
Walkers, joggers and pram pushers

Taste of Gower, Penclawdd – Reviewing the Walk

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To mark the end of each Taste of Gower walk we visit a local cafe, hence the name “Taste of Gower”. The Gower Landscape Partnership pays for the teas and coffees but there are always many other good things to be eaten as well, and that was no less the case for the Cariad Cafe in Penclawdd as it is for any of the other Taste of Gower walk locations.

The next Taste of Gower walk will be at Port Eynon on Friday 30th September (that’s next week). Details can be found here.

Cariad Cafe

Cup of tea time at Cariad Cafe

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Taste of Gower – Penclawdd Soundscape

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Salt Marshes
Taste of Gower walkers
Taste of Gower walkers
stile post
One man and his dog
salt marsh fence
Penclawdd vista
buzzard
Natural pattern
Taste of Gower walkers
The Black Mountain
sandbank and birds

Back Down at Sea Level

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With the weather still fine towards the end of my walk this week with the Taste of Gower walkers at Penclawdd, the blue paint of this local boat almost perfectly matched the sky.

Blue boat