Original acrylic painting. Acrylic on canvas. 7" X 5". Framed.
 
Looking east across the Tywyn salt marsh up the Dysynni valley towards Cadair Idris, canvas board 7" X 5". Craig yr Aderyn (Bird's Rock) is right of centre of frame, so called as the coast was once here many moons ago, and it's the largest inland cormorant colony in Wales. Today the hill is 2 miles from the sea.

Craig yr Aderyn is the site of an Iron Age hillfort, showing two phases of construction. The earlier phase comprises an upper fort enclosure of approximately 0.6 hectares, measuring 100 by 55 metres; the latter, a stone-walled enclosure of approximately 1.6 hectares, measuring 119 by 170 metres. The site has been excavated three times: in 1874, 1921 and 1967. Finds from the Roman period were discovered during the 1874 dig.

Craig yr Aderyn is a hill rising to a height of 258 metres (846 ft) above sea level on the south bank of the River Dysynni near Llanfihangel-y-Pennant in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Craig yr Aderyn has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the choughs and other birds that breed there.

This painting is from my #FuturePostcards series - reminding us that holidays will come again. I am now three quarters of the way through this marathon postcard series and the end is in sight.

The hill is used by a number of species of bird for breeding. The largest inland breeding site for cormorants in Wales is here. Other birds nesting here include the barn owl, little owl, peregrine falcon, redstart, wheatear and common linnet.