Welsh Wildlife Breaks

Offer: Autumn Wildlife and Colour, Mid Wales, 3-night break, arr Saturday 19th October leave Tuesday 22nd October 2013 Based at the Ty’n y Cornel Hotel at Talyllyn, we’ll be seeking out some of the early winter arrivals on the lake and in hedgerows, exploring some of the local woodland and streams, and looking in the estuaries for new arrivals. The starlings on Aberystwyth pier might just be starting their breathtaking displays, and we may have a chance to hear about some of the surprising science going on in Aberystwyth linked to the natural world. Autumn in South Wales, 3-night break, arr Tuesday 8th October / leave Friday 11th October 2013. Based at Brick House on the Gwent Levels, we’ll be seeking out some of the early winter arrivals down by the mouth of the Usk, looking for the raptors hovering over the reens, and exploring other ancient habitats. Then the opportunity to seek out wildfowl on lakes and woodland birds on higher ground, and exploring river valleys. Then with weather permitting, we may take a late trip to Flatholm Island.