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Nestful of Linnets in the Mynydd Eglwysilan gorse, from mid May,2021. Cosy.

Wryneck at Goldcliff 02.10.25

Pengam yn Allteuryn ddoe 🤎

YouTube video by Donovan - Topic Three Kingfishers (2005 Remastered Version) (Mono)

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Forgot to mention when I was on here yesterday, two Kingfishers on the river in the centre of Pontypridd on Tuesday of this week. Always a joy to see these beautiful birds. #birds #birdingWales 🐦

YouTube video by Robyn Hitchcock - Topic The Yip Song

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All we can hope for is that maybe The Metropolitan Police will one day catch as many disgusting criminals as it employs.

Dew on pink roses at a friend's front door in Abertridwr. 🌸

Bee Fly on Sunflowers at Caerffili Garden Centre yesterday. Third phone pic here a complete accident! Beautiful little insects. 🌻🐝

From yesterday morning in the Penrhos lanes. Fairly sure this is the edible Butterfly Collybia. They don't half look like pancakes. 🥞

Plenty of Black Bryony in the hedges on yesterday morning's walk. Also lots of Sloe Berries & Old Man's Beard etc. So much to enjoy at this beautiful time of the year. 🍂

Walk yesterday from Abertridwr to the garden centre at Penrhos. Red Kite,Buzzards,lots of Meadow Pipits,calling Great Spotted Woodpeckers,Mistle Thrushes,singing Chiffchaffs,parties of Long-tailed Tits,Nuthatches,Starlings,House Sparrows,Jays,Ravens,Chaffinches,Goldfinches etc. #birds #birdingWales

Monmouthshire dragonfly newsletter number 12 is now available, with news on Willow Emeralds, Scarce Chaser, Lesser Emperors, Red-veined Darters, Common Hawker and Hairy Dragonfly. DM me if you’re not on the mailing list but would like to be. #gwentdragonflies
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Thank you for posting this news recently. I hadn't heard. Took me back immediately to studying V & a poem of his that I really enjoyed called Long Distance. A wonderful writer.

Butterfly Conservation's Butterflies and Moths to see in October: Speckled Wood, Brimstone moth, Comma, Frosted Orange, Peacock, Angle Shades, Red Admiral, Light Emerald, and Wall.

Hello October! Or should that be Moth-tober? 🎃🦋

With autumn well underway, keep an eye out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces.

UK bird populations continue to decline as farmland species plummet UK wild bird populations have fallen by 4% since 2019, with farmland specialists such as European Turtle Dove, Northern Lapwing and Yellowhammer in steep decline, new DEFRA figures show. Farmland birds have dropped by 62% since the 1970s, driven by intensive agriculture, habitat loss and pesticide use. Seabirds hit by avian flu also continue to decline. Woodland species show signs of stabilisation, but conservationists warn urgent action is needed to meet 2030 nature recovery targets.

Wild bird populations across the UK are continuing to decline, with farmland species in freefall, according to new figures from DEFRA:

A Wryneck at Goldcliff South Wales. #gwentbirds

YouTube video by john l uk Lodmoor Little Gull September '25 4K

A Little Gull I spotted in RSPB Lodmoor, a lifer for me.

Male & female Tawny Owls vocal in oaks at the end of the street at 0545 this morning. Beautiful. 🦉🦉

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, Why don’t we use more geothermal energy? Geothermal energy is renewable, reliable and powerful. So, why is most of it untapped?

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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Adventures in Poetry - Vitai Lampada 'Play up and play the game'. Daljit Nagra celebrates 'play' and National Poetry Day.

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Comma

Good to see a couple of Comma on the wing yesterday, probably my least seen species of butterfly this year. #insects #nature #wildlife #UKWildlife #photography #bugsky #UKButterflies #butterflies

Review: Cerys Hafana’s breathtaking new album, Angel Stephen Price Cerys Hafana’s third album Angel hit shelves and streaming services on Friday, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2022’s critically acclaimed Edyf, and a handful of ‘side quests’ in the...

This is living, breathing, brooding folk music reinvigorated, reimagined. An elemental, wonderful, masterful thing - a gift to make a not so good year worthwhile after all ✍️ Stephen Price

YouTube video by Brisk Pace Robyn Hitchcock- I saw Nick Drake

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Introducing Sheldon, the smallest Shelduck in the world. #birds #birdingWales

MOAT NEWS- Bright & vocal Kingfisher the highlight this morning. Also Grey Heron, lots of Mute Swans, excellent Coot & Black-headed Gull numbers, Pied & Grey Wagtails, Chiffchaffs, Goldfinches etc. No Goosander noted as yet. Would love to beat my record of 53 seen here. #birds #birdingWales 🦢🦆

Project Officer - The Curlews Call (Fixed Term) | RSPB Are you a dedicated conservationist, able to rise to the challenge of saving a culturally important species from the brink of extinction? We are offering an exciting opportunity to work at the…

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The RSPB are hiring a Curlew Project Officer in North Wales!

A chance to work on the frontlines of Curlew conservation, monitoring, protecting, and restoring habitat for this iconic bird.

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YouTube video by Ween - Topic The Mollusk

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It's that time of year when even the trees on bus stops look a bit fab. 🍂

Fungi assortment at Parc Penallta this morning. 🍄