What better place to be when the sun is hot by a lake, sea or a pond.
I'm lucky as in I have at least two of these on my doorstep. A small local river provides wild life in small quantities but very interesting all the same. Friends provide me with mature ponds where I can sit and watch the Dragonflies, Damselflies and sometimes Beautiful and Banded Demoisells.
If I'm very lucky I have even seen Grey Wagtails, Sparrowhawk, always see Buzzards and once I saw a Kingfisher.
At first I heard them and knew exactly what they were, searching every part of a tree for grubs. Upright and upside down, sideways and hanging just by the feet. What better way to search for insects and other tasty morsels. The Blue Tits come a close second but the number one spot are the LTT.
Yellowhammers still feeding on a friends lawn. The location is on a hill overlooking Nefyn.
One less young Pied Wagtail, poor little sweetie.
The Mallttraeth marshes were full of singing birds, Reed Warblers, though hidden from view, Reed Buntings singing on the top of the Sedge grass.
A Kestrel hovering over the reed beds, Cetti's Warblers determind not to be seen and doing a very good job too. A pair of Mute Swans and Cygnets at the far end of one of the lakes keeping a very close guard of the youngsters, a male Great Crested Grebe keeping watch over his mate on a nest. Male Tufted Ducks doing the same and keeping a watchful eye on their mates.
Greylag geese making a lot of noise calling to each other as they do a fly by, as did a Grey Heron. A female Cuckoo sits in a tree watching for an opportunity for maybe a good nest to lay her single egg in. Chaffinches and Wrens calling from every which way. All in all a haven for breeding birds.
As we walked along the grassy paths male Orange Tip butterflies make use of the fading Bluebells, deep orange tips with pale blue flowers.
Damselflies small but shiny wings flitered about the grass, greys and blue. Female Broad-Bodied Chaser resting in the shade.
Lots of wild flowers growing along a little river I walk along, glad to see Common Spotted Orchids amongst the Buttercups.
First Green Hairstreak butterfly ever and what a fantastic little creature. It blended into the leaves of the Bilberry so well and was the most beautiful green. As it flew it became silver white and very hard to see.
From now on I'll be searching every Bilberry bush I see, you never know.
