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Two Worlds

A slightly more unusual take on Ogwen Cottage.

Afon Idwal
Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia NP, Wales.

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Camera Shy Silkie.

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Rhuthun Weir

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Now - where's the Gin...?

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The Diving Turkey ;D

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Fire / Tân

This and four other pictures of the fire at Ledden's Garage were used by BBC Wales on the evening news, and one other on the BBC website

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Kinesis (κίνησις)

or Kinetics, the Ancient Greek word meaning "to move" or "movement".

SOOC

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'Mind the Gap'

Toad Tadpoles (Bufo bufo)

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Elder

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#ds548 - Spaghetti Western

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Part Piddock...

at an initial guess.

I'm not certain on the ID, principally because there is not a huge amount of shell to go by, however I suspect this is a large Pholas dactylus.

The fragment I have is 47mm across, so at a guess the full shell would have been 15cm long - quite a respectable size and capable of drilling quite some hole!

Some great images of Piddocks at www.idscaro.net/sci/01_coll/plates/bival/pl_pholadidae_1.htm

A fantastic (if a little overwhelming) resource by Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum Wales at naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves/

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Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

A washed up Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) and Razor Clam on Rhyl Beach.

Yesterday saw strong north-westerly winds after quite an extended period of warm weather, and during our 1.5 mile walk along the strand line we came across several hundred Moon Jellyfish, a lesser number of Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) and Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata).

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Golden Marjoram (Origanum vulgare 'Aureum')

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#TGIF

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The Triffids are Coming!

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Exhausted

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Black & Red Froghopper

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Sage

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Shattered Dreams

Unfortunately an unhappy end for the clutch of four Blackbird eggs. A magpie spotted the nest, and made short work of the eggs. It's difficult to stand by and watch the theft taking place, and I must admit I am often amazed how the blackbird ever manages to successfully raise any chicks.

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Random

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Patagonia

Had an invite for a special Bangor Alumni screening this evening, so we went to see Patagonia; a film about Y Wladfa, the Welsh colony in Patagonia. Nice to see a film in Welsh, and lots of local locations as well as stunning scenery in Patagonia.

Must admit I was also very impressed by the cinema, and will certainly be visiting again.
www.scalaprestatyn.co.uk/

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Toad 'Poles

Far too bright for a good picture today, but after a two week absence I returned to my newly discovered pond, only to find a seething mass of tadpoles!

These are Common Toad (Bufo bufo) tadpoles, (they're black rather than mottles brown)and amazingly uniform in size. They're distasteful to most creatures (like the adults), so clumping together (unlike frog tadpoles) provides a good defence.

There is also safety in numbers. I saw several 'poles being picked off by dragonfly larvae, and there were newts swimming straight through the clump, but the numbers taken were miniscule. I spent most of my lunch hour balanced precariously over the pond watching - back tomorrow for more me thinks!

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Lily of the Valley / Lili'r dyffrynnoedd

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Home at Last

After a fantastic 10 days travelling around (a small part) of Scotland. I've got nearly a 1000 pictures to go through, and the 365 to catch up on, so there may be an odd selection of images over the next few days!

The weather has been fantastic, and the garden seems to have gone mad whilst we were away, but one nice suprise was Mrs Blackbird had taken up residence in one of my nest boxes. When she nipped out I stuck the camera over the edge to see what was inside : )