Bardsey Island: Heligoland trap situated in Nant plantation, NW slope of Mynydd Enlli, used by Bardsey Bird & Field Observatory to record birds.

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Heligoland trap situated in Nant plantation, NW slope of Mynydd Enlli, used by Bardsey Bird & Field Observatory to record & monitor birds. Humanely captured birds can be safely recorded, studied, ringed or tagged before being released unharmed. The bird observatory at Cristin was first founded in 1953. Artist & writer Brenda Chamberlain lived on Bardsey 1947-61, mainly in Carreg farmhouse; she described her experiences in the book Tide-race published in 1962.

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Size: 5200px × 3843px
Location: Nant Plantation, Bardsey Island, off Aberdaron, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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