Tri Nico ifanc eisteddon ar y wal …
Three young Goldfinches sat upon the wall…
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The Ravens - Cigfran - were making a lot of noise in the garden yesterday. I think this is a young one but I’m not sure. It is big, but lighter in colour than I expected.
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Part of a group of Wild turkeys feeding on sunflower seeds thrown by visitors on a trail near Ottawa
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There’s a flock of turkeys that live in an area near where my sister lives in northern California. It is a rural sort of area and you have to be careful driving through it because of them.
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Found these round an old decaying Cypress trunk in our garden today.
Those of you who know me will realise that my first question is “can I eat them?” 
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hey, Huw - that’s exactly what my first thought was! But I don’t know the answer. 
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ddim yn syniad dda - not a good idea.
edrych fel torhau’r tylwyth teg - looks like sulphur tuft.
Please folks be real careful about eating fungus.
Cheers J.P.
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Cyngor da, J.P. Diolch. Sa i’n siwr am “sulphur tuft”
I’ve just looked it up and the gills on mine are more of a lilac grey.
Anyway I’ m not going to risk it. There’s not “mushroom” for error is there? 
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Huw - oh, OUCH! “not ‘mushroom’ for error” - really!?! 
Just trying to have “fun guys” 
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I have been clearing ivy and brambles from one of those earth banks with a hedge on top (cloddau I think in Welsh) that you get here in Wales. It is a work in progress but a few days afterwards I found these. I don’t know what they are … in any language.
I also found this one which I think might be shaggy ink cap.
Sorry I forgot …Shwmae pawb
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suspect the first is (buttter cap) , drw geni dwi ddim yn gwybod enyw cymraeg.
second is shaggy ink cap - cap inc garpiog.
Cheers J.P.
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Diolch J.P.
Could (butter cap) be the fungus referred to as ‘witch’s butter’ which in Welsh folklore is used to counter a witch’s spell by sticking pins into it?
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As much as i like regional names they can lead to confusion.
the latin names avoid (hopefully).
The butter cap (Collybia butyracea) has a cap and stem
it’s english name seems to derive from the effect of rubbing
a finger across the cap feels kind of slippery like a pat of butter.
Witches butter (Exidia glandulosa) has no cap or stem
and can be found directly on wood. check internet for image.
sorry i could not find on for a photo.
Cheers J.P.
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Thanks. I found a photo on the internet and it certainly looks more like butter than butter cap.
heddiw - today.
Hen ysgubor - Old granary.
Morlo llwyd sydd yn cysgu - grey seal which is sleeping.
Cheers J.P.
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Brongoch ger Llyn Efyrnwy.
Robin near Lake Vyrnwy.
Y llyn ei hun.
The lake itself.
Ffordd rhwng Llyn Tegid a Llyn Efyrnwy.
Road between Bala Lake and Lake Vyrnwy.
Y mawreddog Nant Ffrancon.
the majestic Nant Ffrancon!
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Hyfryd, Chris!
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