New Year walk at the WWT Llanelli

Date:  4 January 2020

Location:  WWT Llanelli
Weather:  Mixed bag of cloud and the odd bit of sun

Happy New Year Everyone! It's been forever since I have updated my blog, so one new year resolution is to get out there, find wonderful wildlife and blog at least once a week. 

Our first outing was to our local WWT nature reserve in Llanelli. We are members, so when we at a loose end we always venture down there to enjoy the wildlife and get some well needed fresh air.

This is what we discovered...

The Birds:

Robin

Blackbird

Chaffinch

Wood Pigeon

Little Egret

Tufted Duck (male)

Grey heron

Fungi:

Need Iding...

Jelly ear fungus

Close up of Jelly Ear Fungus

Need Iding...

Need Iding...

Turkey Tail Fungus

We were only there for a few hours, but it was lovely to be out and about again - nature is truly the best medicine and therapy anyone could want and I hope I can get outdoors as much as I can this year :)

Fungi hunting at Margam Park, Port Talbot

Date: 6 November 2016

Location: Margam Country Park, Junction 38 M4, Port Talbot, SA13 2TJ

We woke up to a sunny November morning and decided to visit one of our favourite haunts, Margam County Park, about 2 miles from Port Talbot. Still obsessed with finding fungi we were pretty sure we would get lucky in this 850 acres park.

We got there about 11.30am and started exploring this wonderful place. Autumn had well and truly arrived and most of deciduous trees were now displaying glorious colours of yellow, orange and reds. 

Our first stop was around The Chapter House (the abbey ruins) where we found many wonderful trees, including the two below...

A huge tree near the Chapter House displaying fabulous autumnal colours

Large ancient tree by the Abbey