Mandy Forde
@mandyforde
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 followers🙂
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
Sonchus arvensis #StillFlowering today, growing in the shade of a hedgerow. #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 😘 #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 🥵 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
Spoilt for choice, but this tiny Bumblebee chose the White Clover #PollinatorPals #Wildflowerhour
Kidney Vetch and Sheep's-bit looking vibrant on the #Anglesey coastal path this morning #Wildflowerhour
Last year one of the old quarry buildings in Breakwater Country Park had #Orchids growing between the cracks on the floor. This year the plants have all been strimmed. Shame on you Anglesey Council 🤬 #Wildflowerhour
One of my absolute favourites, Meadow Crane's-bill, Geranium pratense with Red Valerian growing along a lichen rich dry stone wall #Wildflowerhour
For this week's #Wildflowerhour challenge #Lawnflowers here's a glimpse of my current #NoMowSummer lawn Red Clover, White Clover, Lesser Trefoil, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Ribwort Plantain and a smidgen of grass