A prime County for raptors

I had two clients on my bird tours today. I took them on a journey of discovery up the picturesque Rheidol Valley to Devils Bridge and then onto Cwm Ystwyth where I was able to show them a Peregrine Falcon perched on the stunning rock face above the old lead mine workings. If I were to ask an artist to paint me a picture of a Peregrine in its element then this would be it. This 'King of Falcons' perched on a rock surveying its territory with a stunning waterfall portrayed in the same picture. In spite of its industrial past I love this place for its wild ruggedness. Here too we watched a Buzzard and a couple of kites. A guy and his wife stopped wondering what we were looking at and I was able to show him his first view ever of the majestic Peregrine and he was absolutely thrilled. That's what I love about what I do to see the pure joy on people's faces when I show them wildlife which they haven't seen before. I am sure John Davis gets the same satisfaction when he introduces people to our wonderful 'Welsh Delights' on his bird tours.From Cwm Ystwyth we travelled onto Nant-yr-Arian for the Kite feeding and today there must have been about 120 birds including a partially leucistic Kite. So with Tony's Merlin and Hen Harrier and Cors Caron's Hobby's I reckon we are pretty well blessed with raptors in this part of Wales!