Lletty Brongu

The temperature peaked at a balmy 12c in the afternoon, thought I'd take a look at the lower end of the valley in case a few insects were out early in the suntraps in the wood. As it turned out the only insect besides spring midges was a Honey Bee feeding on Sallow catkins. A few plants were starting to flower in Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage, Daisy and Lesser Celandine, I also recorded the Polybody Fern growing in a rot hole of a Sallow Tree.

Birds were about in good numbers with a pair of Dipper displaying on the river as well as 2 pair of Grey Wagtail holding territory and 4 Mallard (3 male). The trees held good numbers of Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Chaffinch and Woodpigeon. The sewage works had very little as there is a lot of building and ground work going on inside. The mole population has obviously been disturbed by this as there were a lot of fresh mole hills present outside the fence of the sewage works.

First Lesser Celandine of the year.