As a bit of a self confessed Gigrin addict, I thought I'd go and check out a different and closer to home Kite Feeding station at the weekend. The place I went to was this one:
Red Kite Feeding Station, Llanddeusant, Wales
I was absolutely blown away by how close the birds got, they have a covered hide and two screens with roofs, and I got some amazing shots, much better than I've ever achieved at Gigrin (although amazing Bigma-friendly light on Saturday definitely helped as well!)
The feeding is on a much smaller scale, there was just one man with a big sack of meat that he was chucking about rather than a tractor load, but there were still at least 60 kites visiting.
As an extra bonus, the pub by the feeding station who jointly runs the feeding along with a neighbouring farm has just been refurbished and now serves homegrown local food and a good selection of real ales
I think I can definitely see several return visits in the near future, it was only 40 minutes from my house.
Here are my 5 best shots of the day, just for an incentive for other WABbers to pay a visit!
