Yellow wagtail ( Motacillaflava )
31 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in BIRDS, Wild about Wales Tags: Blackbird, canoeing, Dunnock (Prunella modularis), Grey squirrel, magpie, mushrooms, Yellow wagtail ( Motacilla flava )
Magpies
Magpie on the entrance wall to the police station wonder if its been stealing something shiny.
Grey squirrel and magpie forraging on the police station green.
A lone mushroom. these are one day only seems they grow at night by dusk they turn into a slime.
The autmn falls gathering in the severn river
Bleeding pine tree. see next shot
As a boy in woodwork class we would boil this what is sap from the cut in a pine tree. once boiled it was glue, this is still used today by hand crafted wood furniture makers
Masters of camoflague the only time they are spotted is when they fly over the river in search of a moving grub.
Not a bad shot considering how far it was
Nice markings on its back or rump view
these are juvenile yellow wagtails
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Male blackbird.
Starlings gathering on the Poplar trees by St Mary's church.
Starlings in flight
starling arch
The Mallards elite meeting.
the common mallards meeting place
toadstool under the pine trees.
brew time for these canoeists. already they have done the five miles from Caersws, they said an average of 3 miles an hour and today they are hopeing to reach Welshpool some 14 miles down river.
These two guys are from the Chester area the guy waving is a Newtown man, his father still live here in Aberhafesp a vilage 4 miles out of town.
saw some very strange fun will post it tomorrow.
Mute swan
27 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in MONTGOMERY CANAL Tags: Dusky Moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa, montgomery canal., mute swan, The Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
The Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
moorhen on a capstan, the welshpool wharf
Dusky Moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa
juvenile moorhen
female moorhen she had nowhere to hide so she dived underwater did not see where she came up.
Tufted drake not syre what brred but has the colours of Mallard most ducks come from the mallard strain,but this one is almost twice the size of a normal mallard
female mute swan
0ne of the pair of young sygnets
The Coal Tit. Periparus ater
24 Oct 2011 2 Comments
in BIRDS Tags: Blackbird, Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), midges, monkey puzzle tree, MOON, Robin, Spotted flycatcher, The Coal Tit.Periparus ater, The Isabelline Wheatear. Oenanthe isabellina, wood pigeon
The Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina. shots where taken high up on the cliff top above Aberystwyth
The Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina, thank you Bob for its I D .Bobs blog is on http://birdsfod.blogspot.com/ .
Cormorants on the rock bellow the cliffs at Aberystwyth
The Coal Tit, Periparus ater, presumably Irish Coal Tit, P. a. hibernicus (note yellowish cheeks and breast)
Another poppy opened this morning by noon it was fully open. the yellow Rose is a June/July flowering species,All we need now is some frost that will put a stop to the plants that are still flowering
- 20.10.11 moon at 8.30
Spotted flycatcher
One of the pair of flycatchers is darker than the other so its either an adult and juvenile or a male and female.
- Wood pigeon just taking a nap.
the monkey puzzle tree on fire
Male Juvenile blackbird in the thorn tree
Robin sheltering from the rain
one of the midges
this midge is almost moth like.
the midge on the window
The Coal Tit, Periparus ater
20 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in BIRDS Tags: Blackbird, midges, monkey puzzle tree, MOON, Robin, Spotted flycatcher, The Coal Tit.Periparus ater, wood pigeon
Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
19 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in BIRDS Tags: Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus.
We are in El Kab this photo was taken of the small pond just outside the village where the Stilts where photographed.
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A Sunday in October
17 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in MY GARDEN Tags: blue tit, Centipede, GOOSANDER, Great tit, Magpie .Pica Pica., Millipede, mute swan, RED ADMIRAL, Robin, Spotted Flycatcer
Great tit
Great tit and a blue tit at the feeder.
Female Goosander on the severn river.
on a dash after a fish. not only do they fish under water
Female Mute swan foraging in the roots of the willow
- red admiral on my front window cill.
macro of the red admiral
A rather tatty red admiral on the newly planted Pansies in the Robert Owen gardens
Great tit on the feeder
Blue tit the cap reminds me of the time I was in Israel watching the jews praying against the whaling wall in the city of Jerusalem.
Spotted Flycatcer
Magpie .Pica Pica.
Herring gull flying off one of the St David church towers
THE ROBIN MUCH PREFERES SCRAPING IN THE GARDEN LOOKING FOR CENTEPEDES AND SMALL WORMS.
Centipede (Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) and the difference between Centepede and a Millipede.
Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment (except for the first segment behind the head which does not have any appendages at all
Birds in the garden
14 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in MY GARDEN Tags: BLUE TIT( CAYNISTES CAERULEUS), Geophilus flavus (Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae), Grey squirrel, robin Erithacus rubecula., Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata, White throat .Sylvia communis
Can not wait for me to put the fork in the ground before its looking to see what the gardener has churned up it tends to go for the bugs and the smaller worms,
peek a boo. I put several big worms on the ground after digging them up , but it did not take one just prefered to scratch about looking for small worms and it ate a few centipedes. I suppose its like us having chicken but this has a hundred legs.
now the squirrels have got rid of all the hazel nuts it comes in the garden looking for the ripe fallen acorns.
Blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata the partner seems to have some kind of grwth around the eyes
White throat .Sylvia communis
Making the best of a bad day
12 Oct 2011 1 Comment
in Wild about Wales Tags: BIRDS IN WALES, mamog cymraeg., mushrooms, NEWTOWN POWYS, Wild about Wales
Got up at 7.00 felt like shite and went back to bed, got up at 10.30 with the intention of having a day blogging. the sun was in and out for a while then the whole sky became sky blue with just a few clouds . thats it I thought and packed my camera and off I went in search of fungi.
that load of mushrooms outside the gate had beed vandalized just leaving a few standing
ah well at least they will grow again
lets go find some more I thought as I headed out of town towards the Mochdre end of town. Mochdre !strange name that people would not translate into English. Sloping Town or Pigs Town, ie” mochyn is one pig, moch is pigs, bae is boar , hwch is sow, then there is the offspring moch/ mochyn bach, little pig/s. any way I ended up on a walk to Mochdre hoping to find something as excotic as a Fly Agaric , thats the red and whie spoted mushroom that everyone else has seen, photographed and blogged . but i did get some nice shots of other things including mushrooms .
always around is the Robin singing its song not sure if it thinks my long lens is some kind of earth mover to look for worms,
here we are mid October and flowers are still coming out this cranesbill flowers they say, May to September
another species of field mallow that blooms May till September.
as you can see I really did look for the elusive Fly agaric.
Balwen welsh ewe. mamog cymraeg.
white ewe
black and white cows
white charolais calves
a field full of ewes
I even stopped to take a photo of a red ladybird on the way.
flies do not like flying in the rain
the shire stallion belongs to the powys agricultural college
- fence post rotted from the inside.
just after i gave the horse a few strokes and told him he needed a haircut it started to rain again so took shelter for a few minutes then decided to head back.
Dolfor stream is a bit more than a trickle after the showers we have had recently,
looking up to the 3 houses and the bridge and that in the pre 19 50s was Mochdre beyond the houses is the hamlet of Stepaside,
looking over the small bridge one of the 3 old houses as a nice collection of old colectables a hand rolling mangle a single furrow horse plough.
i took shelter from the rain under the trees thinking there may be some fungi amongst these old logs. no such luck so i decided to head back home then saw a walk sign along the mochdre brook. .
The grey wagtail flycatching on the mochdre stream.
and a closer shot.
the scenic shots will be onthis link http://newtownpowys.wordpress.com/.
Whitethroat,Sylvia communis
10 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in BIRDS, Wild about Wales Tags: blue tit, Great tit, mummy squirrel, Whitethroat.Sylvia communis
Whitethroat,Sylvia communis another one that comes to the comunial feeder
Whitethroat,a bit windswept
blue tit on the peanut feeder
Great tit on the peanut feeder
another one with young somewhere
Coming to terms with diabetus.
09 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Wild about Wales Tags: BIRDS IN WALES, BLUE TIT( CAYNISTES CAERULEUS), country life, DADDY LONG LEGS, Great Tit Parus major, NEWTOWN POWYS, robin Erithacus rubecula., Wild about Wales
Robin in song
Now what did I make all that noise for? cos all them blue birds are pinching the nuts.
the pair of Great Tits are on the monkey nuts. the other seven are Blue Tits
and if the word great tit is offensive you can say Parus major. then no one will have a clue what we are talking about
all nine birds are in this picture one is doing its acrobatic routine they love this new feeding station one of the b&b guests left six jam doughnuts. I made them into pieces the sparrows seem to like them.
As I said I had the flue and influensa jabs last Friday. my right arm where I had the influensa Jab feels like I have been in the boxing ring and had a right hook to the muscle. left arm is not so bad . I decided to go for a walk as I only went 300yards Friday to the surgery and back. and my legs stiffen up if I do not go for walks everyday I must go as my doctor says so. I also enjoy my walks as I always take my camera incase I see something I want to photograph. a few times I have been out on walks not feeling up to carrying the canon. total weight with lenses is about 20kilo. and as I have 3 slipped discs I should not carry any more than 10kilo Docs advice, but as long as I take it easy a stop in town for a tea or snack I am usually O,K. but today I got as far as the Dolfor park and started to go giddy. will explain as I go through todays photos,and even though I felt awfull I am pleased I carried on along the river. as I saw another bird I had not seen before and more fungi.,
as I was leaving the house I noticed this clematis out usually this is a spring/summer flower
Bugloss has been in flower since I came back from Egypt almost four months ago as ,some folks ask why did I come back from such a warm climate with all the health problems I had . first if I stayed in Egypt I would be six foot under or as it goes in arab countries 2 ft under, and put in the ground within 24 hours with no post mortem just a note FROM THE CORRUPT DOCTOR “the poor unfortunate man died from histoplasmosis” thats what the docter in Luxor diagnosed me with and for several months I was keeping his brother the pharmacist in money by byuing expensive pills.
I WAS IN A TERRIBLE STATE LOST ALMOST 3 STONE AND HAD A PROBLEM WALKING. ONCE I ARRIVED BACK HOME IN WALES I WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR, FIRST I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA BUT HAD TO WAIT 9 MONTHS TO SEE A SPECIALIST,AS I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN WITH THIS HUGE LUMP POPPING OUT I HAD TO WALK ABOUT HOLDING MY GROIN STOP IT COMING OUT. SO I WENT PRIVATE , TO THE NUFFIELD HOSPITAL IN SHREWSBURRY TO SEE A SPECIALIST,, THAT WAS ON A MONDAY AND HE BOOKED ME IN FOR THE FRIDAY FOR THE OPP BUT HAD TO GO FOR BLOOD TEST ON THE THURSDAY, WHERE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SUGAR DIABETUS, THE COUNT WAS 15 NORMAL ITS BETWEEN 4 AND 7.
GOT TO GET YOUR BLOOD NORMAL BEFORE WE CAN OPPERATE THEY SAID. SO IT WAS BACK TO MY DOCS FOR ADVICE AND PILS FOR SUGAR DIABETUS. GOT MY LEVELS LOW ENOUGH WITHIN THREE WEEKS. RABBIT FOOD NO FAT AND NO CHOLESTAROL, AS THAT WAS ALSO WAY HIGH,
IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS TO GET TO SOME KIND OF NORMALITY AFTER THE OPP IE BIRDING AND GETTING OUT FOR WALKS.
Sheathed woodtuft (kuehneromyces mutabilis)
.the other six fungi on this dead silver birch are the Birch (riptiporus betulinus )
there is seven fungi on this dead silver birch
lots of these fairy villages about this one is just outside my front gate some nice person has put his foot in it.
friday photo.
sunday the village has almost doubled in hight and size
another fairy village by the river
Southern bracket (ganoderma australe)
forming a new tinder fungus (Fomes formentarius) growth.
grey wagtail(motacilla cinerea) female , my eyesight is playing up again (sugar diabetus) out of 12 shots these are the best.
just love the bark in autumn colours
strange fungi growing on this willow by the river Ii think its a very old tinder fungi, i hope some prat does not get to use his lighter on it. lots of things being set on fire by the vandals of Newtown like the next photo
not one bouy along the newtown section of the river severn has been left intact, this is the remains after a fire.set by the yobs of the town.
mausoleum has become another target of the mindless yobs
the problem with todays yobs they have no morals or respect of anything
In the body of the church stands a mausoleum erected over the tomb of the Pryce family in 1900.
read on St Mary’s church here
Maybe they were after the old garden roller but just can not see the point of setting fire to the place.
the old oak door’s hinges are damaged as is the lock that was forced open.
the bark of the popular tree by St Mary's church
http://newtownpowys.wordpress.com/category/st-david%E2%80%99s-church/
acorn collection service
a large daddy long legs
sunset casting its light on the false Acasia tree in the front garden, this is the tree the birds use before venturing to the feeder.
blue tit on the feeder
female chaffinch fringilla coelebs, in the acasia tree
This years cutting of the Datura trumpet flower tree. not had one flower the same year as cutting before
