tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53548996845090639462024-02-07T13:21:53.413-08:00Blog Natur y Draenog GwyrddA Nature Blog from WalesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382816806497345570noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354899684509063946.post-24082356008128529202015-09-07T09:44:00.003-07:002015-09-07T12:17:01.884-07:00Curlew30th August<br />
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Nevern Estuary - high tide<br />
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I saw a Curlew here just where the left bank meets the river. It flew off eventually with a 'curlew' call. Lovely! There were loads of Canada Geese there too, taking a break on their long journey to who knows where. <br />
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Curlew in Welsh is Gylfynir.<br />
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Dad and me went for a short walk to the ancient woodlands of Ty Canol Woods near Newport in Pembrokeshire. It was very beautiful and very quiet. We barely saw or heard another soul. We heard plenty of birds though. I'm getting to know the songs of quite a few by now - the Wren (y Dryw), Nuthatch (Delor y Cnau) and Blue Tit (Titw Tomos Las) and the Goldfinch (Nico) too. I know the easy ones like a Woodpigeon (Colomen) and a Jay (Sgrech y Coed) too. And crows!<br />
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We didn't see any other animals. It .was very quiet there. But you can't expect nature to put on a show for you every time you go for a walk. Sometimes, it's just quiet.<br />
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But very beautiful... Prydferth iawn.<br />
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Hwyl! See ya!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382816806497345570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354899684509063946.post-60258072138446319352015-09-07T09:27:00.000-07:002015-09-07T12:18:46.658-07:00Butterfly Meadow<br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382816806497345570noreply@blogger.com0Llysdinam, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1, UK52.216184000000013 -3.448149000000057652.177282500000011 -3.5288300000000579 52.255085500000014 -3.3674680000000574tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354899684509063946.post-38787087692656802812015-08-21T12:14:00.003-07:002015-08-21T12:14:57.460-07:00Bug Hotel - open for business!<h2>
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The really cool that we have done this summer is build a bug hotel in our garden. Dad began it during the week of the Royal Welsh Show in July. Then we all helped finish it later on in August. <br />
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We recycled things that we found in and around the garden to build a safe place for all sorts of bugs to thrive and get shelter (hopefully).<br />
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Here's how we did it. Hope you like it!<br />
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We used old bricks, straw, pine cones, old plastic bottles, rolled up paper and cardboard, old pipe insulation, bamboo sticks, slates and old roofing, old flower pots, old bird houses. Dad also drilled holes in loads of bits of wood (which he really enjoyed doing!) To finish it off Mam collected pinecones and Nanna gathered moss for the top. We got some old slates from Tadcu too. A real family effort!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382816806497345570noreply@blogger.com0Talsarnau, Gwynedd, UK52.933120414745254 -4.042625427246093852.913976914745255 -4.0829659272460939 52.952263914745252 -4.0022849272460936tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354899684509063946.post-92028928971049555282015-08-21T11:09:00.000-07:002015-08-21T14:36:22.993-07:00Portmeirion - Voles and Dragonflies<div class="MsoNormal">
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you know get in touch. We think it was an <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/o/osprey/">Osprey</a> (Gwalch y Pysgod) perhaps. <a href="http://www.portmeirion-village.com/">Portmeirion</a> is near
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10382816806497345570noreply@blogger.com0Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd LL48, UK52.914498599999988 -4.097331599999961352.904923599999989 -4.1175015999999616 52.924073599999986 -4.0771615999999611tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5354899684509063946.post-17020877925187828972015-08-06T04:24:00.000-07:002015-08-06T04:24:26.238-07:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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to go in the sea when but I went in on my surf board I realised that there was a
pale orange <b><a href="http://www.mba.ac.uk/learningzone/sealifeinfo/species/jellyfish/">Jellyfish</a></b> swimming
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So today we began building our own Bug Hotel. My Dad got some old pallets from my Nan's house and set them up in a corner of the garden. </div>
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<span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also saw some Badger (Meles Meles) set holes. The Welsh for badger is <a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/mochyndaear" target="_blank">Mochyn Daear</a> (this literally means 'Earth Pig'). In Welsh the name pig is given to lots of animals e.g. a Woodlouse is called a 'Mochyn y Coed' (literally 'Wood Pig').</span></span><br />
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<span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">But they looked old badger holes. There were no signs of actual badgers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/h/housemartin/" target="_blank">Housemartins</a> (Gwenoliaid Bronwen - Whitebreasted Swallows) were also busy.</span><br />
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be honest we don’t now what type of crabs we found - if you know, get in touch. It might be a <a href="http://www.glaucus.org.uk/c-maenas.htm" target="_blank">Shore Crab</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also found a dead <a href="http://www.mba.ac.uk/learningzone/sealifeinfo/species/jellyfish/" target="_blank">J</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.mba.ac.uk/learningzone/sealifeinfo/species/jellyfish/" target="_blank">ellyfish</a> (Sglefren y
Môr) and caught a </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;">huge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaemon_serratus" target="_blank">Shrimp</a> (Berdysen) in the rock pools.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p>We had a great day looking out for wildlife. I learnt a lot. I hope this blog will help me learn more. I hope you learnt a few things and I hope the Welsh names were interesting too.</o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="CY" style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p><em>Pob hwyl!</em> See ya!</o:p></span></span></span></div>
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