Mandy Forde

Looks like there's going to be a profusion of froglets this year 🐸
Every body of water around the farm is hosting a plethora of #Frogspawn
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#SpawnSyrvey

Thanks Jo. Don't recall ever seeing such a deeply lobed example, though I have found a similar image online now.

Spotted this small though dense rosette in Llangefni #Anglesey
First thought was Taraxacum but now thinking possibly a Crucifer
#Wildflowerid appreciated
More photos below....

Oooh just arrived after pre-order months ago
#FliesofBritainandIreland
Looks fantastic 🪰
Proud to see a photo make it ino the book from when Steven Falk and @lancefly.bsky.social stayed in my #Anglesey cottage last year on a research trip
#Diptera

Look for Cerrig Cottages - Curlew Cottage

I've got availability for Curlew Cottage the weeks beginning 1 May or 29 May.
The Orchids in our wildflower meadow would be flowering by late May 🙂

Oh yes

Visit #Anglesey in May Brigit to see Spotted Rock- Rose and Spathulate Fleawort as well as nesting Puffins and Chough.
Always a special price at Cerrig Cottages for wildlife enthusiasts.

Possibly Galerina pumila found growing in my meadow yesterday
#FungiFriday

It's the annual Isle of #Anglesey Chough Count on Saturday 14 February 🐦‍⬛
If you see any #Chough on Anglesey tomorrow please let me know
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Gosh the #Frogspawn is early in my pond this year. Last two year's I've not seen it until 3 March, yet here it is on 12 February.
A lovely big healthy clump, though rather close to the edge where Corvids are likely to hunt.
#SpawnSurvey

Thanks Joni

A cold start in the early morning at Menai Bridge today where 3 members of #Anglesey Flora Group carried out the #NYPH
We found 47 species, up on the 34 we found on the same route last year.
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A ray of sunshine in an otherwise barren winter landscape
#Wildflowerhour

Odd one out
The garden #Chough gang have been infiltrated by a Herring Gull

Blimey, they eat prey whole, must be quite a task to swallow a Mole😯

Oh yes the teeth do look the right shape. Just ordered the Ed Drewitt Bird Pellet book, so hopefully will be able to find out for sure.

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Just dissected the pellet. Here's photos of the bones & teeth.

Meet the meadow munchers 🐑
This year we have a larger flock of Texel cross ewes, who will hopefully help keep the grass in control ready for next year's wildflowers to thrive.
The only downside is that they eat the young Cow Parsley & Wild Carrot plants.

Thanks Steve, I'll do some more research. I was thinking maybe Bank Vole, but they're pretty chunky teeth

Fascinating little jaw bone in an #Owl pellet found this afternoon

Now I know why the garden birds are hiding this morning, female Sparrowhawk on the garden fence.
Very pleased to manage some photos through a rain drenched window
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Common stork's-bill, Erodium cicutarium still managing to flower on a bitterly cold November day.
The plant contains saponins which are toxic to fish and amphibians, but are apparently beneficial for several human health conditions.
#Wildflowerhour

Thanks Lyn. It's an app called InCollage.

Thanks 🤗

Thought I'd have a go at #TheWinter10 for this week's #Wildflowerhour
Absolutely amazed to find not just 10 but a whopping 25 species in flower in my meadow today

Thought this was Moth eggs at first glance, but now convinced it's #Sllmemould
Can anyone help with an id please? I thought possibly Physarum cinereum.

A grey drizzly day brightened by 3 Whooper Swans amongst 300+ Lapwings in the field opposite my house #Anglesey
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