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Mandy Forde

@mandyforde.bsky.social

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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.

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 7m

They certainly are 🐦‍⬛

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 7h

Haven't seen a Green Sheildbug all year, until I spotted this one on Bramble earlier this week
#Wildwebswednesday

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 7h

I know I've said it before but I definitely need a longer fence 😲
It's getting to peak garden #Chough numbers now and it's only early October.
I'm guessing the daily count might top 70 this Winter.
Photos taken with my phone about 2 foot from the fence line.
#Anglesey
#WildWebsWednesday

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 23h

Looks like Sneezewort David

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for strimming a way in Richard 😆
At least we had some reward for our wading efforts

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 13d

Fantastic Barn Owl image captured by Collin at Curlew Cottage last week as it flew over our wildflower meadow right past cottage door
With 85 species of birds recorded on site on the farm & 3 fantastic RSPB reserves nearby we're an ideal base for #birdwatching holidays
#Anglesey #naturephotography

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 14d

A quick look just now in the Willow tree by my pond revealed three species.
Lackey moth eggs, a beautiful Herald moth and a gall presumably created by a moth or a fly.
#Wildwebswednesday
#TeamMoth

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 16d

Could be Rock Stonecrop

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 16d

Rock Samphire on a survey with @angleseyfloragroup.bsky.social this week in Rhoscolyn
#Wildflowerhour
Just realised it's edible, so will have to try some next time I see it.

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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 17d

With several sites in Wales hosting multiple Grey Phalaropes over the weekend, 2025 is now the best year this century, with 112. #BirdingWales

The best-ever year will take some beating, however. 227 were seen from The Smalls lighthouse alone in just 12 days, during 18-29 September 1960.

Chart shows the number of Grey Phalaropes recorded in Wales annually since 2001. The best year on record was, until this weekend, 2001 with 107 individuals. 2025 has now overtaken that with 112.

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 17d

Fantastic thanks Caz

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks Bengi.
I was thinking maybe Solenopsora holophaea.
Here's another photo

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 21d

Could I get id help with this #Lichen please.
Growing on rock at the edge of a beach #Anglesey
@britishlichensociety.org.uk

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 21d

Small Copper #butterfly struggling to keep upright in the gusty wind just now #WildWebsWednesday
#Anglesey

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 23d

It's an insectivorous plant that grows on boggy heaths.

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 23d

It was a difficult choice for #FavouritePlant but I'll never forget how squeakingly excited I was when I spotted my first ever Sundew at Cors Bodeilio #Anglesey in June.
#Wildflowerhour
@angleseyfloragroup.bsky.social

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Hannah @wilderhomestead.bsky.social · 27d

‘Hares are the only game species in England and Wales that can be shot all year round. It has been reported that the UK brown hare population could have fallen by more than 80% in the past 100 years.’

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 26d

I'm getting 'network error' too this evening

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks John

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 29d

First #fungi have appeared in the meadow.
Every year I say I'm going to try eating them, but always chicken out.
Young Parasols with a few days to go before they're fully open.

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · Sep 8

Adds a splash of colour to the increasingly flowerless landscape 🙂

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · Sep 7

Does come up with bizarre suggestions. Glad to hear it's not just happening to me 😄

Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · Sep 7

Looks like a white form of Purple Toadflax

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · Sep 7

Be careful what you wish for.....after the delight of finding Fennel growing wild a few years ago I collected some seeds and grew two plants.
Now I've got an absolute forest of them, 6ft giants taking over my garden 😯
They are beautiful though.
#Seedheads #Wildflowerhour

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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · Sep 7

A selection of
#Seedheads seen this week on #Anglesey
Wild Carrot, Musk-mallow, Selfheal,
Evening Primrose, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil, Yellow Iris & Wild Teasel
#Wildflowerhour

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