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Come and learn more about #curlew on the Maes of the #eisteddfod2025. #curlewconnectionswales.

One of the 28 local welsh names for curlew is "aderyn y glaw" the bird of the rain.
August 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Dewch draw i ddysgu am y #gylfinir ar y Maes heddiw. #cysylltugylfinircymru #eisteddfod2025. Un o'r 28 enwau lleol ar ei chyfer yw aderyn y glaw.
August 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Some lovely harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) Clychau'r Eos in a parkland today.
July 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Celebrating National Meadows Day by watching a male curlew defending his chicks in our hay meadow this morning.
July 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A day late for #WildFlowerHour. Not strictly an #UrbanPlants. A stand of Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) Briwlys y gwrych near a building.
June 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#WildFlowerHour #WildFlowerShow2025
Most plants seem to have had an early season, but the hay meadow has been very slow to grow in the dry weather. Far fewer orchids so far this year.

Y weirgoldd yn dod yn ei blaen yn dda ers y glaw.
May 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#WildFlowerHour The fabulously named Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) Llysiau Taliesin in a shaded ditch today.
May 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Dyma nhw rhyw 10 diwrnod yn ôl. Y blodau wedi agor yn llawn erbyn hyn ac ongl y llyn yn wahanol ?
May 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
And they are back... my first sighting of a Spotted flycatcher for 2025.
Croeso nôl i'r Gwybedog mannog eto eleni.
May 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Pied flycatcher in fine voice in the woodland this morning.
Gwybedog Brith yn canu'n iach yn y goedwig y bore ma.
May 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#WildFlowerHour #WoodlandPlants. Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon) Marddanhadlen felen, an ancient woodland indicator in a hedgebank this morning.
May 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Fantastic event at Chirk Castle on Friday with location school children welcoming the curlew back to breed this spring. Well done the Curlew Connections Wales project. #curlew #Clwydianrange #NationalHeritageLottery #NationalTrust
March 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Digwyddiad arbennig yng Nghastell y Waun dydd Gwener gyda phlant ysgolion lleol yn croesawu Pegi pig hir yn ôl i'w chynefin i fagu. Da iawn Priosect Cysylltu Gylfinir Cymru. #Gylfinir #NationalHeritageLottery #Clwydianrange #NationalTrust
March 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Croeso nôl. Welcome back to the curlew calling in our valley this morning.
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Mopping up the last 2% of rhododendron ponticum cover. Final part of a fifteen year programme to eradicate over 4 acres of it from a broadleaf woodland.
Dyfal donc...
March 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social At last.. sunshine and celandines. My first Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) of the year today.
Hyfryd gweld y llygad Ebrill a'r haul heddiw. #WildflowerHour
February 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Storm Daragh wedi cael gafael ar gangen y barcud coch.

Storm Daragh has brought down the branch that held the 2024 red kite nest.
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A post festive turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) cynffon twrci in the woods from a few days ago.
January 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Poenus iawn. Very painful.
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Yellow fieldcap (Bolbitidus titudans) cap maes melyn in the meadow this week.
November 12, 2024 at 9:48 PM