Birdscape

Last week I treated myself to the mountain road between Rhayader and Aberystwyth, through truly wild and empty moorland.  It was a journey defined by birds.
Goldfinches in Old Radnor

Buzzards near Llanfihangel

A merlin on the mountain road

A red kite feeding on the road ten feet in front of the car above Cwmystwyth

Seagulls in Aberystwyth

A rookery on the university, roosting as I started the journey home.