Mandy Forde
@mandyforde.bsky.social
Avid wildlife recorder. Proudly manage my 11 acres for wildlife. Joint VCR for BSBI VC52. Co-ordinator of RSPB Anglesey Chough Count. Owner of Cerrig Cottages, holiday rentals on the Isle of Anglesey - discount for followersđ
After flitting around like a demented mosquito desperately following the butterfly determined to get a photo, so pleased when it finally landed. My first Clouded Yellow sighting in 9 years. #Aberffraw #Anglesey #WildWebsWednesday @savebutterflies.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk
A close up of the almost alien looking flowers of Portland Spurge, Euphorbia portlandica photographed on the dunes at Aberffraw #Anglesey #Wildflowerhour #ByTheSea
Grass-of-Parnassus in the dunes at Aberffraw #Anglesey Just a few minutes walk to the beach so I'm including it #ByTheSea #Wildflowerhour
Spotted just now on the edge of my meadow Painted Lady caterpillar on Creeping Thistle. First ever sighting of the caterpillar so a little dance of excitement ensued. #Anglesey @savebutterflies.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk
Can't recall ever seeing Carline Thistle in it's flowering stage before, always see the dried plants in Autumn and Winter. Here it is in all it's stunning glory, seen on Aberffraw dunes today #Anglesey #Wildflowerhour
The terrestrial form of Amphibious Bistort, Persicaria amphibia,with downy hairs on leaves. Growing in a ditch at Aberffraw so I'm sneaking it in as #WetlandPlants #Wildflowerhour
Very exciting to find a Bishop's Mitre #Sheildbug this week, the 4th one I've seen on #Anglesey This one was conveniently positioned on the side of a Teasel #WildWebsWednesday
Common Blue Butterfly resting on a young Yarrow plant #WildWebsWednesday @savebutterflies.bsky.social
No wilting here,Toadflax almost as tall as me growing in the shade of a hedgerow. #StillFlowering #Wildflowerhour
Sea Holly #StillFlowering at my local beach Traeth Cymyran #Anglesey today. Covered in Bees, Sulfur Beetles and Painted Lady Butterflies. #Wildflowerhour
Hummingbird Hawk-moth in the garden just now #WildWebsWednesday In Italian and Maltese folklore they're considered a messenger of good tidings. I think this little chap was here to wish me Happy Birthday today đ #TeamMoth
Misumena vatia, Flower Crab #Spider on Meadow Buttercup, spotted yesterday at RSPB Valley Wetlands while conducting an Anglesey Flora Group survey #WildWebsWednesday #Anglesey @cofnod.org.uk
I don't know what it is about Sneezewort, but it always makes me smile when I see it along the farm track #Wildflowerhour
Putting a container of water out for wildlife is really important while the weather is this hot đ„” Here's 3 fledgling #Chough being rather civilised, taking it in turn to enjoy a drink just now in my garden.
Room for one more. Rhagonycha fulva doing what Rhagonycha fulva do on Wild Carrot. #WildWebsWednesday
Found just now in the garden, I'm presuming it's a Velvet Mite with eggs. #Acari @cofnod.org.uk @britishspiders.bsky.social
A clandestine meeting of Tufted Vetch and Meadow Vetchling If it was a painting I think it would be entitled "Kissing Cousins" #ClimbingPlants #Wildflowerhour
A pale form of Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea, Lathyrus latifolius, flowers are usually magenta pink. It's beautiful, climbing up the Fennel every year without fail. #ClimbingPlants #Wildflowerhour
Maybe not technically #ClimbingPlants but definitely the ultimate clinger. Cleavers, Galium aparine. #Wildflowerhour
For this week's #Wildflowerhour challenge #ClimbingPlants here's Tufted Vetch in my meadow this afternoon, climbing it's way through the Cat's-ear and Clover #Wildflowerhour
Common Green Grasshopper just rescued from the dog's water bowl. So I'm thinking they can't jump when in water. Now safely drying off on the patio. #Orthoptera
Perennial Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis shinning out from a back-drop of Sea Raddish at Penrhos Coastal Park #Anglesey this morning #Wildflowerhour @save-achubpenrhos.bsky.social
The Swallows in my barn have looked ready to fledge for a few days now, but still in situ this morning.
Technically #PollinatorPals in adult form, but as a caterpillar this Cinnabar moth is a Ragwort flower devourer #Wildflowerhour
For this week's #Wildflowerhour challenge #PollinatorPals here's a Bumblebee enjoying Sea Raddish at Aberffraw #Anglesey this morning
