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Only two sites in gwent for this species. I have never seen sor many at Henllys Bog as there were this year.
Seen at Springdale farm Gwent Wildlife Trust reserve. These are the first occasions that I have ever seen any of the 'non-red/orange' forms of Scarlet Pimpernel. The blue form was initially quite baffling.
GWT 235J was new to Dearneways of Goldthorpe as its no. 69. It passed to SYPTE in December 1981 as fleet no 1025. On sale by SYPTE it passed to Isle Coaches and is seen in a lay-by on Snake Pass on an enthusiasts trip to Liverpool.
Another feeding platform, and the blackbirds are on a date. The carrot was met with disdain, but the apple went down a treat.
Another oddity on the water vole feeding platform. This vole looks remarkably like a female blackbird grabbing a free meal.
I was about six feet away.
Happy Wacky Weekend.
Lower mandible of a magpie, plus a few small feathers. Found on a horizontal trunk of a crack willow, Magor Marsh GWT reserve. The feathers were mostly small and black, but there were enough white ones present to convince me this was a magpie. Bill size is about right too. Suspected goshawk kill.
The eusocial bee Halictus rubicundus, or at least the posterior end of one.
Beacon Hill Gwent Wildlife Trust reserve.
HBBBT!
GWJ 235J is a Leyland Leopard PSU4/1R with Plaxton Elite body new to Dearneways, Goldthorpe. When the Dearneways fleet passed to SYPTE it was allocated to Halfway and later Doncaster. After sale to Isle Coaches it was used on an enthusiasts' trip to Liverpool and is seen here in a side street adjacent to the depot of Alpha Coaches, Bootle.
Two views of Henllys Bog nature reserve, on the outskirts of Cwmbran, from 2008. I just found these old images so thought I should use them. I was doing some fixed point photography at the time, and find the contrast interesting.
Henllys bog is the best remaining lowland fen in the county, and one of only two sites for Fragrant Orchid and Marsh Helleborine. It supports a diverse and unusual flora and fauna, and is one of my favourite reserves. It is also notoriously difficult to find!
Not a common plant in Monmouthshire, but good numbers at the latest Gwent Wildlife Trust reserve, Guhere wood. There is no public access to the wood yet, but as a volunteer I get to ignore that! The walk in along the access path was decidedly scratchy though.
Male Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum, indentified after help from Julie Kendall.
Happy Bug Butt Thursday!
A regular contributor to the gathering, this 1947 Albion Valkyrie CX13 with Burlingame C33F body still looks great.
Ranunculus auricomus.
I saw this in three places in the same day. One of my favourite buttercups, with the distorted and uneven petals. In the spot I took this most plants had greatly reduced or absent petals, but this one obliged by being half and half.
Pentwyn Farm Gwent Wildlife Trust reserve.
Dearneways 69 is a Leyland Leopard PSU4/1R with Plaxton Panorama Elite coachwork, obtained new in 1971. When the Dearneways business was acquired by SYPTE it would gain the fleet no. 1025, passing to Bannister (Isle Coaches), Owston Ferry on withdrawal by SYPTE.
An early morning view of Par station, taken on a crisp January morning in 2016, from the up platform, looking across to the down platform
Otherwise known as 'annoyingly out of focus'. A first attempt at filming the Magor Marsh water voles.
I was following an ant on the ground when this character raced across in front of me. He was a mite rapid! Hard to capture a decent shot of a fast-moving arachnid with spindly legs, especially one as small as this, even if it is bright red.
I probably have little chance of getting it identified, but if anyone can help...
As you can see, she was successful in her attempt at attracting a male!! Daneway Banks, GWT reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. 2012-06-20.
It was really hot and humid at the Magor Marsh open day, and the owls were getting a bit hot, so the owl man produced a mist spray and gave the brds a good dousing. They seemed to love it. The tawny simply leaned into the spray, fluffed its feathers, and blinked a lot, but otherwise didn't move at all.
I've never seen this before, and found it both wonderful and hilarious.
Some old bracket fungi growing on one of the wooden sculptures in the Magor Marsh garden. I don't know what species this is.
I really don't know what to make of this. A plastic fish, stuck onto a log, at Rogiet Poor Land nature reserve. Umm...
Boxer gewondentransport.
Boxer GWT/AMB
Oirschotse heide, waterbakken bij de kazerne
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Boxer ambulance.
The black ants at Magor Marsh were very active and winged females were climbing the wall of the building preparatory to their mating flights.
I really don't know what sort of wasp made this nest, which was inside a bird nest box at Henllys Bog Gwent Wildlife Trust nature reserve.
Now I don't speak water vole, but I can read a facial expression. I don't think Oscar made any friends today. Not that he cares. He has the apple!
Spent time up at the Silent Valley Nature Reserve on 17.11.15 on a Photographing Birds course with GWT. Lovely day apart from the freezing temperatures (well, we were in Ebbw Vale in Nov!)
After a while, we set up this new perch with suet/fatball pellets pushed into cracks.
Seddon artic unit with loaded trailer with mesh from probably from Spencer Wire Works Thornes Wakefield.