

Birds by Land and Sea 



however, the channel suddenly narrows down to half 

 a mile in breadth, and so continues to the southern 

 opening of the strait. South of Beaumaris, the 

 shore on the Anglesey side is overlooked by a ridge 

 some few hundred feet in height, sloping steeply, 

 and well wooded to the water's edge. Below 

 Beaumaris, the high ground takes a more northerly 

 trend, and descends with a broader sweep to form 

 a succession of bays and low lines of gravel cliffs, 

 fringed by shingly beaches. At Penmon, four miles 

 below Beaumaris, steep limestone cliffs first merit 

 their name, and, after passing the north-east corner 

 of the island at Point Trwyn Du, or Black Nose 

 Point, bold limestone bluffs with perpendicular cliffs 

 five hundred feet in height, foot up close to deep 

 water on the open sea. The Dinmor and Caregonen 

 rocks are notable points on this part of the coast. 



These wooded slopes, shingly bays, and lime- 

 stone cliffs, and the meadow and moor lying inside, 

 formed our principal hunting-grounds. 



Working north from Beaumaris along shore, the 

 first nesting bird we come across is the meadow- 

 pipit, which has found a suitable spot on the grassy 

 shelves where the low sand cliffs have partly fallen 

 away, providing lodgement for a green growth. 



As we cross Mount Green, upon emerging from 

 the town, the cries of a populous rookery come from 

 a clump of tall trees just in shore. Many a time these 

 birds, performing their evening evolutions against 

 a sunset sky, will be as a cheering beacon to us, 



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