Glaslyn Ospreys

At Glaslyn Ospreys Nature Reserve

 

30^th of July

Afternoon

Weather: Sunny

On top of Wales! (but not so sunny)
 

 

After a tiring morning climbing Snowdon, we went to Glaslyn Ospreys Nature Reserve and saw some very interesting things. The reserve is now run by some of the people who live in North Wales.

 

We saw...

A GreaterSpotted Wood Pecker (Cnocell Fraith Fwyaf - Dendrocopus major) zipping along the river bank.

A Shorttailed Vole (again - like the one in Portmeirion) (Llygoden Bengron Y Gwair - Microtus Agrestis)

 

 

Many Chaffinch (Ji-binc - Fringilla coelebs)

 

 

Many Goldfinch (Nico - Carduelis spinus)

 

 

And some very busy Grasshoppers (Sbonc y Gwair - Caelifera)

 

 

The man at the Nature Reserve had recently found…

A DeathsHead Hawk Moth (Gwalchwyfyn Penglog - Acherontia Iachesis)

 

 

If this Moth is irritated it squeaks like a mouse! Wow!

He had also found a Horntail / Wood Wasp

 

 

At the back of its body it looks like a stinger but the female uses it to lay her eggs, they can’t harm you at all!

As well there were videos of the Ospreys LIVE and RECORDED  it was very interesting, thru the telescope you could see the pole and the cameras, the Ospreys huge nest and their heads popping out of the nest!

Here's me and my sister in an Ospreys nest! (not really :-)

 

Am ddiwrnod! What a Busy day!

Hwyl! See ya!

 

 

Portmeirion - Voles and Dragonflies

In Portmeirion 2:00pm

  

29th of July

In the Woods above the village

Weather: overcast, sunny spells

Today we went to Portmeirion in North Wales, there were a lot of ponds with Dragonflies Banded Demoiselle (Gwas y Neidr) ,The Emperor Dragonfly and small fish that may have been trout we think.

I was on a bridge by one of the ponds and I started walking on the path when I saw a small hole with old bread and a Short Tailed Vole! (Llygoden Gota'r Maes)

Here is a video of the vole nibbling on the old bread and trying to get it in its hole.

I also heard some strange noises, we don’t really know what it was if you know get in touch. We think it was an Osprey (Gwalch  y Pysgod) perhaps. Portmeirion is near the Glaslyn nature reserve and the people there said that there could be Ospreys in Portmeirion but not many.

Another wonderful adventure! Antur gwych arall!

Hwyl! See ya!