I’m not even sure which branch of life they are, so photos are being sent to others who may know someone who knows what they are.
The welsh word for mystery seems to be Dirgelwch but it has other meanings as well so any advice on whether it is the right option gratefully accepted.
Some gwenithwellt, wheatgrass in the field near to where I lived this month. I know this is not a rare specimen or anything like that, but I just wanted to share an autumnal Crimean picture before I go back to our modest Belarusian flora.
Well, hopefully. The weather forecast promised that this winter is going to be cold, but the two we’ve had recently were quite mild and muddy.
A - diolch yn fawr.
Big difference!! You managed to take brilliant pictures!!! I would have messed up even if I’d had the camera in my hand instead of a washing up cloth!!!
Here’s a photo expecially for J.P. - taken by a friend of mine at a house they are re-habbing. This fungus is all that is left of “the mighty oak that once stood there.” It is in Forsyth, Georgia, USA. (I have no idea what sort of fungus it is.) You can get an idea of its size by looking at the bits of grass around it.
It may well be.
Ysgwydd amryliw - Many zoned polypore. (which will darken with age).
An image of the underside would help to be sure (white with many many tiny pores).
If the underside is grey with a white edge then it is another species for which i do not have a welsh name.
(i will try to get some comparison photo’s tomorrow).
So i approach the supermarket trolley area (nothing unusual in that).
Trolleys need a pound coin but plenty of token of the right size seem to being used these days
and there is one lying on the ground (not to unusual, i have a few).
I pick up the token and wow it has a dragon on it (probably not to unusual in Wales).
But this is Newbury, so what are the odds of someone from Wales loosing a token here and me picking it up (spooky).
And i tried photographing gulls in flight today (need more luck or practice but it’s a start).
Reminded of:-
I used to keep a small telescope at my ‘auntie’s’ on Gower. One night, I’d said, “No use setting it up, it’s so cloudy I won’t see anything!” A little time later, she called excitedly that the sky had cleared. I went and got the 'scope, went to set it up outside and found that the clouds were scudding like the clappers and I couldn’t even see the moon!! My ‘auntie’ had been quite right, but it only cleared for about 5 minutes!!
I have put my Vocabulary List in a Google Doc and put it in its own thread since I can no longer edit my original post. We’ll see how this works out. Post is titled Geirfa Natur Cymraeg.
Cedyll coch - Kestrel.
I still have not got close enough to one of these for a decent photo, what may be interesting in the photo above is to look down the right hand edge and notice one of the small birds that were creating plenty of noise due to this bird being in their area. (i think it was a ji - binc - chaffinch but is not clear enough in the photo to be sure).
It snowed on the hills yesterday, so the hills of Mull have vanished in the haze this morning. It was white all over yesterday with frost, but this morning it is much more dangerous, as all paths are covered with black ice!!
We had snow yesterday morning - which only accumulated on the grass, not on the roads at all. Then the sun came out and there are only bits left here and there in shady spots.
I now have winter feeder set up in different tree to last year with the hope of getting better photo’s of old favorites and some new species.
The Nuthatch has soon found the feeder but seems curious about my presence (i was surprised at how relaxed this species became last year at coming near me, suggesting, peanuts are more attractive than i am fearsome).