Elan Valley, Powys

We based ourselves in Rhayader, a lovely sleepy village, but as we were too early to book in we went straight to Gilfach Farm for the Redstarts, the place time really has forgotten, the next stop was to see the Red Kite's being fed, so after at last being able to leave our things at our guest house, that's were we headed, only to loose count of how many Redstart's we saw, even managed to see four fledge out of one of the boxes near to our viewing platform and one quiet happily swinging on the washing line, but back to the Red Kite's, being my first experience of these fantastic birds swooping down I have to say I was overwhelmed, not to mention completely exhausted after almost two hours of non stop photography, at least we had a more relaxed second day when we travelled round to take in the scenery, but not before seeing even more Red Kite's while sitting at the window having our breakfast, even had one come down on to the road opposite after scraps. More images can be seen on my web site http://annpallasbentley.zenfolio.com/