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At WWT Llanelli last weekend
Do take a look at the post about a Willow Warbler
on the
Gower Wildlife blog here.
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We took a few days to see some sights in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall last week.
The following pictures are mainly from this trip, but there are a few taken at WWT Llanelli on our return.
Spring has arrived, and there is a huge variety of birds and butterflies to be seen.
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I would be delighted if anyone could give us an ID
for the bird below, seen off Hartland Point in Devon.
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A Green Finch in Sidmouth...
(below)
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... and a Goldfinch
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We watched these Shelducks
from Blue Anchor, near Dunster...
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A Pochard at WWT Llanelli...
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... and a Tufted Duck
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Prospecting: the islands at WWT Llanelli
make a good breeding ground
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Is this a Rook?
(I took the shot from a long way away:
we weren't even sure if there was a bird in residence)
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I think this may be a Fox Moth caterpillar.
I noticed it on the cliff path at Hartland Point.
Do take a look at the Marsland Moth pages
here.
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A Speckled Wood butterfly at Hartland Abbey...
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... and a Peacock Butterfly
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This Red Admiral (below)
was enjoying the sunshine at
Blackbury Camp.
It was the first butterfly of 2010 for me!
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I wonder what Spring wildlife
you have been enjoying...