Birds, Flowers And The Seaside!

[gilliwigs]

I paid a visit to Cardiff last weekend to visit my parents, timing it to coincide with my brother and his family visiting from London, so had a lovely weekend. I left the whippets at home so had to make do with photographing other things! :- "

I met up with an old friend and we went off to one of the many parks in Cardiff. I remember going here on a Sunday afternoon, boating on the lake and eating ice creams. It's a lovely spot. First up are the ducks and geese. :thumbsup:

A view of the lake with the lighthouse which commemorates Captain Scott's journey to the Antarctic which set off from Cardiff.

 

[gilliwigs]

A few close ups of the flowers in the gardens.

We then spent ages sitting on the edge of the lake watching the swans. They're really tame (children feed them a lot!). It's only when you sit down and study them for a long time close up that you really appreciate how beautiful and elegant they are.

I love the black swans.

Feeding time! :teehee:

 

[meddling]

What gorgeous pictures Gillian - all lovely, love ducks!! what camera do you use?

 

[gilliwigs]

Bit late with the last lot as my internet connection went down! :angry:

As the weather was nice we decided to go off to the beach for the afternoon

My mum

My brother and my youngest niece

Surprisingly the sea was really warm

Building a dam supervised by my brother - he was joining in most of the time - 51 and loves damming rock pools! :- " :lol:

2nd nephew and youngest niece

I was a bit worried that this sheep was too near the edge of the cliff and would fall off! (w00t)

And one last photo of my brother's dog, Maggie. We had to leave her behind as the beach didn't allow dogs.

 

[gilliwigs]

What gorgeous pictures Gillian - all lovely, love ducks!!  what camera do you use?

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I've got a Canon 400 (SLR) like a number of people on here. I've been very pleased with it since I got it last year. :thumbsup:

 

[meddling]

Great beach barbie...spit roast sheep (w00t)

 

[Linbin]

Fantastic pics as always. The flowers are beautiful and I love the black swans with the red bills. :wub:

Fancy having a beach that doesn't allow dogs ours are just certain bits of it where the visitors go.

 

[Janimal]

Beautiful pictures Gillian. I love your brothers spaniel Maggie ...shes lovely.. :wub:

That really does look like a really nice clean beach, great surfing Id expect. :thumbsup:

 

[gilliwigs]

Fantastic pics as always. The flowers are beautiful and I love the black swans with the red bills.  :wub:
Fancy having a beach that doesn't allow dogs    ours are just certain bits of it where the visitors go.

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I think it's quite common to ban dogs on beaches in the summer months. They are allowed October to April. :thumbsup: It looks a big beach on the photos but I don't think it would be a very easy beach to segregate.

 

[gilliwigs]

Beautiful pictures Gillian.  I love your brothers spaniel Maggie ...shes lovely.. :wub: That really does look like a really nice clean beach, great surfing Id expect. :thumbsup:

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It is a lovely beach although because it's on the Bristol Channel the water is a bit murky! :unsure: It's a very popular surfing beach and is about 40 minutes from Cardiff. :thumbsup: There are loads of rock pools as well for the children to explore. No nasty amusements, just a toilet and a little shop selling ice creams.

 

[meddling]

What camera do you use?

 

[nicky12]

fab pics gillian ,thats roath park and ogmor by sea in the pics am i right (w00t)

 

[gilliwigs]

fab pics gillian ,thats roath park and ogmor by sea in the pics  am i right  (w00t)

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Almost - it's Southerndown, though I suppose Ogmore's only just around the corner! :- " Do you ever get down that way, Nicky?

 

[gilliwigs]

What camera do you use?

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You've already asked me that Clair! I replied further up this thread. :lol:

 

[Nicola]

A few close ups of the flowers in the gardens.

We then spent ages sitting on the edge of the lake watching the swans.  They're really tame (children feed them a lot!).  It's only when you sit down and study them for a long time close up that you really appreciate how beautiful and elegant they are.

I love the black swans. 

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I like these ones for the wonderful colours and the three curved necks in a row. I enjoyed seeing the beach photos. :thumbsup:

 

[J.T.]

Lovely photos, I too like the one with 3 swans in a row, very nice )

The sea looks very rough & also very cold (w00t)

 

[nicky12]

fab pics gillian ,thats roath park and ogmor by sea in the pics  am i right  (w00t)

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Almost - it's Southerndown, though I suppose Ogmore's only just around the corner! :- " Do you ever get down that way, Nicky?

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ooo yeh tis fab on ogmor beach wen the tide is out ,fab for the dogs , also go to southern down to :cheers:

 

[AnnSa]

Another set of superb pictures Gillian :thumbsup:

Those ducks are lovely

 

[k4tie-d]

lovely pic, i have never see a black swan before and to be honest i dont think i knew you could get black swans, all ours up here are white lol

they are gorgeous though :wub:

 

[jezza]

Lovely pictures Gillian :thumbsup: I've been taking lots of pictures of insects this last week for some reason. We've been in Shropshire but the 'boys' were fishing most of the time so I took lots of pics instead. Went on a couple of lovely walks too )