AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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Back to the #GwentLevels and the #WalesCoastPath today for a #wander from #Redwick to #Caldicot. Frequent squally showers made it, mostly, a #monochome day.
#gwentlevels #WalesCoastPath #wander #redwick #Caldicot #monochome #cymru #Wales #blackandwhite #landscape #seascape
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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I've been enjoying my wanders on the #GwentLevels recently, the idea that these unique habitats are threatened is infuriating 😤, have a read and sign the petitions if you feel the same:
"New battle to save unique Gwent Levels from development": https://nation.cymru/news/new-battle-to-save-unique-gwent-levels-from-development/
#gwentlevels #cymru #Wales #nature #petitions
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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Back to the #GwentLevels for a #Wander today, A shortish walk from #Goldcliff to #Redwick. Pictured are:
- The Second Severn Crossing (don't make me say it's official name 😏 )
- A "Putcher Rank"; historically, baskets would have been suspended between these rows of stakes to catch fish .
- Looking along Windwill Reen, Llanwern Steelworks in the distance
- St Thomas' Chuch in Redwick showing the highest level the water reached in the "Great Flood of 1606".
#gwentlevels #wander #goldcliff #redwick #cymru #Wales #landscape #seascape
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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A few #Insect pictures from this week's walk along the #WalesCoastPath on the #GwentLevels.
A #RedAdmiral #Butterfly
A mating pair of #RuddyDarter #Dragonfly
A #CommonBlue butterfly
A #FurrowOrbWeaver #Spider
#insect #WalesCoastPath #gwentlevels #redadmiral #butterfly #ruddydarter #dragonfly #commonblue #furroworbweaver #spider #nature #naturephotography
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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Some of my #Bird spots from yesterdays #Wander on the #GwentLevels, plenty more were seen, but pictured are
- A #Swallow
- #BlackeHeadedGulls, #BlackTailedGodwit and #Lapwing
- A #GreatSpottedWoodpecker, and
- A #Pheasant
#bird #wander #gwentlevels #swallow #blackeheadedgulls #blacktailedgodwit #lapwing #greatspottedwoodpecker #pheasant #nature #birds
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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Bank on the #WalesCoastPath for a #Wander today. From The #NewportWetlandsCentre to the #SeaWall at #Goldcliff. Here's some views..... I'll post some birds and bugs tomorrow
#WalesCoastPath #wander #newportwetlandscentre #seawall #goldcliff #cymru #Wales #gwentlevels #landscape #seascape
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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A selection of #Butterflies and #Birds seen on yesterday's #Wander on the #gwentlevels
-A #Gatekeeper / #HedgeBrown #Butterfly
-A #PaintedLady Butterfly
-A female #Mallard #Duck, and
-#GreyHeron, #LittleEgret and #BlackHeadedGull on #PeterstoneGout
#butterflies #birds #wander #gwentlevels #gatekeeper #hedgebrown #butterfly #paintedlady #mallard #duck #greyheron #littleegret #blackheadedgull #peterstonegout #nature #wildlife
AimlessWandering · @Welshgrumpygit
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My first and probably only #Wander of the week today, another stroll along the #WalesCoastPath, this time the #GwentLevels from St Brides Wentlooge near #Newport to Lamby Way in #Cardiff. Not great weather for photography, but a fascinating area for its geography, history and wildlife... now I need to read more about it. So here's some photos of
looking East and West along the levels, one of the many "reens" and a #Panoramic shot of the "Rumney Great Wharf"
#seascape #landscape #Wales #cymru #panoramic #cardiff #newport #gwentlevels #WalesCoastPath #wander
John Page · @Usky
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I love water voles, they're such cute little critters, but they do all kinds of damage to the banks of the drainage reens on the Gwent Levels. The burrowing to create nests and passageways often causes the reen bank to collapse; no wonder the navvies of years gone by persecuted them for ruining their canal banks.
#photo #photography #GwentLevels #Monmouthshire #watervoles
#photo #photography #gwentlevels #Monmouthshire #watervoles