Clouds

Incus

Cumulus

Incus

I love looking at clouds and there really are few better places to cloud watch than Bardsey. On any given day there are so many different types of cloud to try and identify. Yesterday we set out for a walk in almost sparkling sunshine, but before too long we spotted this monster in-coming over the Irish Sea; a developing incus, Latin for anvil, which is part of a cumulonimbus cloud, and, of course, brings with it rain.

During the course of our walk several of these enormous clouds, possibly rising to heights of 45,000’, passed over us on their way to the Lleyn peninsula. We finally made the safety of the beach hide before any of them dropped their load onto the island and from there we were rewarded with a beautiful rainbow.

The birds do not always show up, but I can guarantee clouds pretty much any day. Here are some more of our beautiful fleeting aerial friends.

Elaine