Oh, there must be lots of interesting frogs and toads near where you are!
They hide very well. I hear frogs at night down by the lake. I will try and get more pics if I can. I have found toads while digging but I don’t have a camera handy at those times and they hide quickly.
Oh, I know, it’s a very big problem:( I try to have my camera with me whenever I can, but it’s heavy to carry around, and then there are two lenses - a manual lens for flowers and plants and one with autofocus for animals. Most times when I go out fully equipped I meet only sparrows, but if only I leave the camera at home I bump into frogs, rare birds and extremely beautiful flowers at every step. C’est la vie.
I will hope to see them! You probably live in a subtropical/tropical climate?
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Yes, it’s subtropical here.
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That is just absolutely stunning. 
Diolch. 
An Eagle in the back yard, that is quite something.
Now a little experiment. (i have been messing with movie trial on my camera).
This was just an attempt at showing how rain drops cause spores to exit the 'seren ddaear cyffredin - common earth star.
Cheers J.P.
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Coes las - Blewit (note colour on stem).
Hwyaden lydanbig - Shoveler. (Still have not managed to get close to one of these for better image).
Cwtiar - coot.
Dryw eurben - gold crest.
Cap gwyr duol - Blackening wax cap (these can begin anywhere in the yellow/green/red mix of colours.
Cap gwyr duol - blackening wax cap (but always end up this black, look for them in grass land)
Cheers J.P.
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[quote=“ramblingjohn, post:888, topic:971”]
Dryw eurben - gold crest.[/quote]
I love these lively little birds & know how hard they to keep up with through binoculars so am super impressed that you managed this photo!
It’s the result of a point and click camera, i could not see the bird in view screen but knew it was there and out of five photo’s the one i posted was best. So far this method has not produced a usable photo of a long tailed tit (but there is always today).
I will be starting a winter feeder for birds in a different location soon and fingers crossed for some better photo’s of common birds and with luck a few new species.I will be trying to go to the south coast once a month through the winter for the same reason. (if anyone wishes to join me once a month at Lymington just let me know).
I’m adding a link to Craig’s post which is turning into a great resource for wildlife names in welsh.
Cheers J.P.
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Love the photo of the goldcrest. Here are some long tailed tits (titw cynffon-hir) and a rather blurry picture of a coal tit (titw penddu) coming in to the feeder.
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To @craigf I loved your eagle! Here we have golden ones not too far away, but I am glad they do not land in our garden as my little toy poodle might end up as cinio!!! For years I was totally confused about your eagles… “but they aren’t bald!” I finally decided it must have been a mistake by the early settlers! Is that true? …
To pob…I can see I shall have to take more notice of our multitudes of tits!! At present, all birds are in and out trying to avoid drowning or freezing, or being blown into something… (Better today!)… but we often have long-tailed, coal tits are so common, I don’t notice them, great tits are always about and blue tits mainly earlier in the year…
p.s. our summer robin disappeared ages ago and there is no sign of our winter robin yet. Ideas?
My guess it’s just easier to say than white-headed. LOL
Glad you’re enjoying my list. The bird category is getting longish. Not sure how to subdivide it. I will probably extract it out to a separate thread at some point so it will eaiser to maintain.
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This little friend has been visiting under my bird feeder a lot lately:
Gwiwer goch: Red squirrel. He is eating a red maple (Acer rubrum) seed; he’s only about 9-10 inches tall. Usually I only see the bigger grey squirrels in my yard.
In the northeast US, the red squirrels are Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, which is not the same as the red squirrel native to Wales, which I believe is Sciurus vulgaris. I remember from watching Natur Cymru that red squirrels are a threatened species in Wales.
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awww, he’s adorable.
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***COPYN ALERT
Look away now, it’s ugly …
I’m hoping that @ramblingjohn will help me identify this beastie with white eyes!!
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The spider looks like one of the false widow spiders (not poisonous, i said today i didn’t imagine using that word often and here it is, spooky).
False widows are part of the family Steatoda so Steatoda bipunctata is a possibility, but to be sure an expert would need to look at it carefully.
Cheers J.P.
Oh wow, fascinating. How big was it?
Thanks to all for the fantastic images and discussion.
Now a few photo’s from today’s ramble.
Llarwydden Ewrop - European larch (unusual as it is a fir tree that looses it’s leaves).
Bwch y danas - Fallow deer.
Phlebia radiata (this fungus starts as small spots which radiate outwards as it grows, no English or Welsh name).
Picwnen goch ar Eiddew/Iorwg - hornet on ivy. (click on image for full size, its a beauty).
Cheers J.P.
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