The Jackdaw - Jac-y=Do is always around
but it was good to see the Song Thrush - Bronfraith back in the garden and building a nest in the ivy.
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Ddoe - Yesterday
I noticed this moth on one of the kitchen windows, so took a picture from inside showing the underside of the insect …
and another from outside which gives the normal view of its back and wings.
I’m hoping @ramblingjohn will be able to identify it.
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Brimstone moth - Melyn Y Drain 
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Diolch Cetra,
I can see that the colour gives it away.
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Since the lockdown I’ve been trying to identify the plants in Bute Park using a kids book about wild flowers from 1983 that I found in a charity shop. It’s actually going really well and I hope to post here to try and make the names stick! I forgot to take pictures, but I think this is one of Blodyn y Neidr / Red Champion or Red Catchfly:
I wonder if the Welsh name relates to the fact this plant may have been used to treat snake bites (according to wiki)?
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Thanks Martin the posts on this thread have certainly increased and reinforced my vocabulary.
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Garlleg y Berth / enw Sais yw Garlic Mustard neu Jack by the Hedge / Lladin yw Alliaria petiolata.
Mae planhygion ma yn fwytadwy, medden nhw - ond, sai’n ei hoffi i fod yn onest. Mae’n blasu fel paracetomol heblaw blasu bach o garlleg i fi! They say this plant is edible, but I do not like it to be honest. It tastes like paracetomol except for a small garlic taste to me!
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Heddiw - today.
Castanewydden y meirch - Horse chestnut.
Lyndis gwyfyn teigr ol-adain goch - caterpillar of scarlet tiger moth.
Cheers J.P.
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I am so glad this thread was mentioned in the newsletter. I love it!
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Neithiwr - Last night on the river bank:
White Deadnettle - Marddanhadlen Wen, with Cleavers (known locally as Sticky Willy) - Gwylydd y Perthi and the large leaves and pink flowers of Butterbur - Dail Tryfon.
Greater Stitchwort - Bara Can a Llaeth which, if I’ve learned any Welsh, is White Bread and Milk. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
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Neithiwr - Last night on the river bank …
Broom - Banadl, with Elder - Ysgawen at the bottom right, by the old fence post, and Hawthorn - Draenen Wen on the upper right.
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Neithiwr ar lan yr afon - Last night on the river bank
Chaffinch - Ji-binc …
ac yn fy ngardd
Robin Robin - Robin Goch
ond faint o frogaod? - but how many frogs?
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Heddiw - Today. copyn alert added.
Dant y llew - dandelions.
Copyn hela - Nursery web spider.
Tarianbryf - sheild bug.
Mursen fawr dywyll - Beautiful demoiselle damselfly.
Cheers J.P.
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Why has it taken me so long to look at this thread, I love it. Trying to get words to stick can be tricky though. I need to try more. Diolch.
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