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Writing tagged: ‘shags’

Down the Rocks
Down the Rocks

Anglesey 2023

What we saw on our annual holiday in Anglesey.

Published 01-Oct-2023
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesea 2023, Anglesey, birds, choughs, favourite places, geology, grey seals, peregrines, porpoises, shags

6 September 2020

Watching yachts, and a walk along the Anglesey coast.

Published 06-Sep-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: Anglesey, Anglesey 2020, birds, cormorants, gannets, peregrines, reminiscences, rock pipits, shags

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