I thought it might be interesting to compare the following photos with ones taken on 9 June 2009 at Aberglasney, the garden lost in time and home of the poet, John Dyer, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. So this is a second batch of occasional seasonal photographs.
'Hear the thrush, while all is still,
Within the groves of Grongar Hill'
John Dyer (d.1757)
Within the groves of Grongar Hill'
John Dyer (d.1757)
- The House at Aberglasney (partly open to the public, often with exhibitions)
- The view from Aberglasney to Grongar Hill (the view from my favourite seat)
- The Upper Walled Garden (with Celtic design flowerbeds)
- The stream in Pigeon House Wood - my apologies: my eyes alighted on the robin, and I forgot to photograph the stream!
- The Cloister Garden: an early crocus
- The stream in Bishop Rudd's Walk
Invertebrate Life
- I did not take any photographs of invertebrates this time. I noticed a number of snails in the stone-work. I looked for insect life on the edge of the pond in The Pool Garden, but did not see anything. (We have seen newts and an eel here: my photo of an eel at Aberglasney is here)
- This magnificent Red Kite was circling overhead.
- I think this was a Green Finch. It was hard to see, right in the tree top - but its yellow feathers glinted in the sunlight.
- I guess it was not surprising that there was no sign of the Pied Flycatcher we saw last June.
Plants
- Snowdrops (and at top of post)
- Early signs of a Bluebell
- Primroses
Postscript
We drove home via the castle at Dryslwyn, where we saw a Nuthatch...
and a Tree Creeper...
