Janet Baxter’s Spring Wales

As Spring arrives the days lengthen and warmth returns there is no better time to get out and appreciate the Welsh landscapes and seascapes. Woodlands are filled with bluebells and ramsons while the coastal path is lined with wild flowers. Butterflies emerge and it is a time of bird migration. Summer visitors like swallows arrive, while other birds pass through on their flyways from wintering grounds in the southern hemisphere to northern summer breeding grounds. Most waders hug the coast but dotterel prefer the lonely windswept uplands of the Elenydd, like this one photographed on the summit of Pumlumon Fawr. As warm air passes over the winter cold waters of the Irish Sea, banks of sea fog lap the coast and creep inland along valley floors. The warmth of last year was exceptionally good for atmospheric coastal scenes in April and May.

I often get asked when and where I take photos for my postcards and in response I have produced the book ‘The Best Places to Photograph in Ceredigion’. It is a handy paperback guide to the wildlife and scenery of inland and coastal Ceredigion, it is not intended to be a definitive guide but a starting point for anyone wishing to explore Ceredigion. It is available direct from my website: janetbaxterphotography.co.uk or Amazon.

Feature image: Sea mist along the Ceredigion coast, Llangrannog, Ceredigion.