Caerau Nature & the rest of the world

 My trusty Nikon coolpix P520 (12 years) has finally given up on me with a faulty motherboard, a replacement board would cost £180. So my op...

 Rain, rain and more rain. When I did venture out I got caught in more rain. My only salvation was the Ivy in the Treharne road back lanes. ...

 Saturday was cloudy but fine on occasions. Caerau at this time of year has a lot to offer with Ivy, Michaelmas Daisy, Japanese Knotweed and...

 A change in the weather meant not much to report, I did manage 20 mins at an early Ivy blooming plant at Treharne Road, Caerau in the back ...

 There has been a noticeable drop in hoverflies this weekend bar the Eristalis, so the dopsy-turvey season is starting to wind down. The fin...

While reviewing and assembling all my hoverfly records over the past ten years I found that this was the only date for which I had no record...

 Mynydd Caerau forestry paths are full of Angelica and other blooms and a good place to visit when you have little time to spare. I recorded...

 Getting warm again 25c today, hoverfly numbers seem to be in a lull for most species, but now it's "Eristalis time". 26 speci...

 Over the fine warm weekend I visited Gilfach (west) [30 species] and Blaencaerau [32 species]. New for the year was Lejogaster metallina . ...

 This 1km square comprises of the top half of the golf course plus surrounding lanes as well as the Garnwen car park area and takes about 2h...