Nope, you were spot on first time - ‘mae brogaod’ - it’s instinctive for an English speaker to want to put ‘maen’ there, but we only use that with ‘maen nhw’, not when the subject is named… 
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it’s instinctive for an English speaker to want to put ‘maen’ there, but we only use that with ‘maen nhw’, not when the subject is named…
[/quote]Diolch yn fawr Aran. Bydda i’n trio cofio.
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I would have put Maen plant… maen cwn…
So it’s:
Mae plant yn yr ardd; maen nhw chwarae pel-droed!? (or poisoning pigeons or whatever!!)
Now, yesterday, I looked out and thought, “Other people have lawns in their back gardens. We have a buttercup meadow!”
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Storkiau …
The first shots of our stork family. There are 3 youngsters … Lively again during the summer me thinks …
Not the best quality of the photo as the nest is a bit too far away from my house and too high to just come under it and take a photo, but I hope it is good enough though.
Enjoy the view. 
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I’m not Aran, but this is a definite yes that is so, so I’ll stick it in there in case he doesn’t have time to reappear for a while 
(Maen nhw’n chwarae (or maen nhw’n gwenwyno colomennod…,) but I’m sure the missing 'n was a typo.)
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I have to be honest! It was a mental error, not a physical one!! I am awful at remembering when to put ‘yn’ (or 'n) and when not! I am just as likely to put one when it shouldn’t be there!!!
Are you also old enough to remember Tom Lehrer??
To @tatjana I think your pic is great, it shows us all just how high the nest is and how tall those chicks are. Have they grown really fast or does she lay huge eggs??
To @tatjana and/or @ramblingjohn We had an unexpected visit this morning and have a little bit of video off Janet’s mobile phone. How do I post a tiny movie into this thread?
You’d have to upload it somewhere - YouTube or something like that. If you want to play it instantly here, YouTube is the one which player is shown directly i here with just posting the link.
Might be both. they’re really big by my opinion, too.
I think I’ll just stick to the still. It will appear later when I have played with it to make it small enough to transfer!
Croeso yn ol!!!
It isn’t actually the one I named Wiwer. This one’s tail is fine, so Watkin is not really the right name! But that is the name that sprang to mind!
This one shows him/her climbing high!
Of course there is no bird food because we dare not feed with sick birds around, so probably our lovely visitor will not return!!
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Are you also old enough to remember Tom Lehrer??[/quote]
Dunno about anyone else, but I have a number of Tom Lehrer songs in my head. I think we had all his albums when I was young! (Notice I didn’t say I was little, just young, which is a very relative term!)
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Not old enough to have heard them the first time round, but that’s the same for Flanders and Swan, and Jake Thackray, but I’m also familiar with their songs!
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Ah well… Ah yes, I remember it well!! and Gigi too!!
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OK, I’m writing to myself!! Sign of insanity!!
What I wanted to say is that,
- I spelled Watcin wrongly as the ancient printers removed the ‘k’ from Kymru!
- I think, if he/she comes back, I might settle for Gwyl or Gwen Gwiwer, in effect ap Wiwer or ferch Wiwer. (I am not sure of the female equivalent of ‘ap’).
Because:
The morning of our visit, Janet was about to go out with the dogs, when she looked out of the kitchen window, grabbed her mobile phone and took a video of all she saw. The pics above are stills from that and happened in the reverse order.
Straight run down garden to bird table, climb up, over the overhang easily, explore table for food, look all round for hanging nuts etc., climb on roof… jump down run towards house, stop on wall immediately outside kitchen window gazing straight at Janet and depart!
Would a totally wild squirrel straight from the trees far up the hill. who only saw humans when they were equipped with noisy machines and cutting trees behave like that? I can’t prove Gwyl/Gwen is offspring of Wiwer, but I am personally convinced this is the young one I called Little Fluffy back when before the Forestry Commission decided to harvest their trees and shunted them (well scared them) away up the hill!
Wiwer ‘met’ my nervous rescue spaniel Treacle on virtually his first visit. Both turned to flee! Wiwer looked back, saw Treacle running away and joyfully returned for free all-you-can-eat buffet!! He taught all the others that she was no threat and that eating at our buffet was a good idea. We tried putting out a proper squirrel feeder with whole hazel nuts and nobody ever took any!
“Look, mate,” Wiwer seemed to say, “We can get food like that up the back. We come here for grab it and eat it convenience!”
Because there was no food for Gwyl/Gwen, I fear we have been judged wanting as caterers and crossed off the ‘good food guide’!!
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Heddiw - today.
Blodyn o mwyar duon - flower of black berry. (Miaren - bramble).
Bysedd y cwn - foxglove.
Brychan arian - Silver ground carpet.
Mefus gwyllt yn dechrau ffrwythau - wild strawberry starting to fruit.
Dau neidr, neidr ddefaid a neidr y gwair - two snakes, slow worm and grass snake.
(really the slow worm is a legless lizard but both are neidr yn cymraeg).
o dan ddarn o dun - under a piece of tin.
Chwilen goesdew ar llygad llo mawr - Swollen thighed beetle on oxeye daisy.
Cheers J.P.
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Love the name of the beetle. I wouldn’t have looked at its thighs otherwise!
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Detholiad bychan o wyfynod sydd yn dod i’r drap neithiwr, oedd nos dda iawn - small selection of moths that came to the trap last night, it was a very good night.
(from the 193 images taken).
Tri gwyfynod - three moths.
Brith ymyl gymylog - clouded boarder.
Bachadain raeanog - Pebble hook tip.
Melyn y rhafnwydd - Brimstone moth.
Gwalch wyfyn yswydd , barod i hedfan - Privet hawk moth, ready to fly.
Cheers J.P.
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Yesterday in our garden …Hard working bees on the kiwi.
And those … on roses (I don’t know what they actually are).
@ramblingjohn you know all the names probably.
I have to add that these two are my best photographic acheavement until now especially as the sun disturbed my already poor vision through the camera. I’m kind of proud of that (not to throw myself out of course).
Enjoy.
Hwyl
Tatjana
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I am always taken back to Gower by these. They grew out on our cliffs!! Our strawberries are still just flowers and leaves!
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From going really large with your image of bugs on rosebud i can see they have halters so would be classified as true flies, that is the best i can say (sorry not a great deal of help).
It won’t be long then (barod i mwyhau).
Crwbach gwelw - Pale prominent (these really have cudlliw - camouflage ).
Adain ddeifiog - scorched wing.
Blaen brigyn - Buff tip.
Chwilen y bwm - cockchafer.
Alarch ddof gyda cywion ifanc - Mute swan with young.
Gwyfyn teires - Treble bar.
I will post some more gwfynod - moths tomorrow, it was national moth night.
Cheers J.P.
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I am so pleased to be able to say helo from Cymru. I am home!! I was welcomed by redstarts. My Welsh bird books have yet to be unpacked so am hoping someone will help me out here with the Welsh name please.
I know nothing about bats except that I’m sharing my new house with them. One upstairs found his own way out. We found this one somewhat groggy trapped in the cupboard under the sink. Again, I’d welcome an identification.
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I must say the redstart is a great start to what i hope is a fantastic time for you in cymru.
Tingoch - Redstart.
I appears you know as much about bats as i do but you will soon know a lot more.
Emrallt gwelw - Light emerald.
Gwelltwyfyn tair llinell - Treble lines.
Gwyn cleisiog - Clouded silver.
Llwyd y ffawydd - Lobster moth.
Gwalchwyfyn y pinwydd - Pine hawk moth.
Gwalchwyfyn bach yr helyglys - small elephant hawk moth.
Gwalchwyfyn yr helyglys - Elephant hawk moth.
Cheers J.P.
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