What's outside

Thank you Karen! :slight_smile:

1 Like

This is useful :slight_smile: Any advice on when to say pilipala and when to say gloyn byw or are they interchangeable, please? :slight_smile:image

3 Likes

Heddiw - Today.


Cymylau uwch ben to - Clouds above roof.

Cheers J.P.

6 Likes

I’d got the impression that the differing words for butterfly was a regional thing - if there’s a technical difference that would be very helpful to know!
From the heading, I take it that these are all daytime flyers…

2 Likes

I think you can use them both in Swansea.

1 Like

This post is in the Welsh Speaking Practice thread, but there’s a suggestion to start a photography discussion group, and as many of you are keen photographers, I thought you might be interested.

2 Likes

Heddiw - Today.


Madarch y maes - field mushroom.

Cheers J.P.

7 Likes

Heddiw - today.


Amanita gwridog - the blusher.


Madarch mewndro - Brown rollrim.

Cheers J.P.

8 Likes


Could this be a Parasol Mushroom, Macrolepiota sp?
Mixed woodland, deciduous and pines. Soil probably sandy. The bottom of the stem was swollen but I didn’t see any sign of a volva.
Sorry, couldn’t find a Welsh name.
Sue

5 Likes


And this looks like another Madarch mewndro but older, scruffier, and with a lot of staining on the gills.
Sue

4 Likes

Seen today on the banks of the River Thames (Afon Tafwys) on Oxford SSiW walk


Pwyswydden - Spindle tree

6 Likes


Amanita’r gwybed
Amanita muscaria
Fly agaric
There was a large group in Bagley Wood, Oxfordshire. Most had been partly eaten.
Sue

7 Likes

Beside a hedgerow this a.m.
20201005_081151


20201005_081211
@ramblingjohn, I know I’ve seen it before but memory fails me :slightly_frowning_face:

5 Likes

By pure coincidence these are growing on my front lawn … wondering whether to fry them up for dinner. You there @ramblingjohn? :grinning:



2 Likes

Do not eat (sorry i have been away so slow to answer)
(will get back to last two posts tomorrow).

Heddiw - Today.


Morlo cyffreden ifanc - young common seal.


Gloyn byw estron - Butterfly exotic/foreign.

Cheers J.P.

6 Likes


Castanwydden bêr
Sweet chestnut
Castanea sativa


ffwng mêl ?
Honey fungus
Armillaria mellea

5 Likes

Heddiw - Today.


Ffwng melog - Honey fungus.
In response to eating them , the best i can find is (taste strong, can be eaten if cooked)
As with many fungus i suspect edibility may vary depending on which substrate
(in this case wood, (their mycelia will be feeding on wood even when they appear in
grass)), they consume, (some woods are themselves poisonous).


Gloyn byw estron arall - another exotic species (Blue morpho).


Pengwin - penguin (jackass pengwin from south Africa).

Cheers J.P.

5 Likes

Heddiw - Today.


Twyllwr piws - Amathyst deciever.

Cheers J.P.

8 Likes

Seen close to roots of a line of Cupressus/Cypress trees



Perhaps a type of Ink cap - Cap inc ?


Another one I’ve seen before but can’t remember the name of :roll_eyes:

4 Likes

The top ones look like common ink caps, the lower pleated ink caps.
drw gen i , dim enw cymraeg gyda fi.

Cheers J.P.

1 Like