What's outside

Bwydo’r babi robin goch

Robin goch gwlyb

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Pys Pêr Mae’n arogl bendergedig!

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Lovely!! But they look like pys pêr to me! :slight_smile:

Here in the northeastern U.S., we have the famous Brood X periodical cicadas, who emerge every 17 years. Here’s the first one I spotted, on a picnic a couple of weeks ago.

For the six weeks or so that they’re alive and mating, they buzz/hum loudly enough to be heard indoors if you’re close to a wooded area.

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I like your observation of nature. When my wife and I went to pick mushrooms, we saw a lot of different beetles that we had not seen before.

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Mae dringwr llechi, dringo llech. image|375x500

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spotted in my garden today - gwyfyn claergoch cinnabar moth (unfortunately looking a bit worse for wear)

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Heddiw - Today.


Gweirloyn bach y waun ar llaeth y gaseg - small heath on cuckoo flower.
(click on image for full size).

Cheers J.P.

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Banded Demoiselle (morwyn wych) damselfly - one of many out and about today near the banks of the River Cherwell
While checking out which damselfy it was I came across this short video of Banded Demoiselles from the British Dragonfly Society:
https://youtu.be/WJdXbi8ta5Q

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Heddiw - today.


Gweirloyn brych - Speckled wood.

Cheers J.P.

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This turned up in a pot in my garden as a mystery plant a couple of years ago. This year it flowered for the first time and, a great surprise, it turns out to be an orchid! :astonished:


Common Spotted Orchid / Tegeirian Brych

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Orobranche minor, gorfanhadlen, common or lesser broomrape.
(At least, I think so.) Parasitic on the clover plants all around.
Sue

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Lovely specimen.
Sue

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Ophrys apifera, tegeirian y wenynen, bee orchid.
This is the first time I have seen one in our parish. Delighted.
Sue

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Heddiw - Today.


Barf yr afr - Goat’s beard.


Alarch ifanc - Young swan.


Gwyfyn cynffon gwennol - Swallow tailed moth.

Cheers J.P.

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Heddiw - Today.


Gwyfyn teigr ol-adain goch - Scarlet tiger moth.

Cheers J.P.

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Today - Heddiw.


Gwenyn cacwn yn casglu paill - Bumble bee collecting pollen.

Cheers J.P.

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Heddiw - Today.


Gweirloyn y glaw - Ringlet.

Cheers J.P.

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Heddiw - Today.


Adain fachog y cen - Beautiful hook-tip.

Cheers J.P.

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If you look very carefully :face_with_monocle: on the right of the photo (click to enlarge) just below the horizon, you can just make out one of a group of 3 or 4 dolphins (dolffiniaid) spotted just off the coast at Nant Gwrtheyrn last week

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