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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Building numbers of Common Scoters off the north Wales coast, with over 200 seen in just over an hour at Rhos Point this morning. 15 species in total including Common and Sandwich terns, RT divers, gannets, guillemots, shags, curlew, cormorants, and a selection of gulls. #birdingwales

A small flock of Common scoters flying above the sea. The bases of wind turbines can be seen above the horizon at the top of the image.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Really enjoying the late season #butterflies. A beautifully iridescent Small Copper came to visit the red valerian flowers in the garden earlier today. Still good numbers of small white, and painted lady too. #southwalesbutterflies #smallcopper

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Large numbers of butterflies seen in the Cowbridge area today. Nant Aberthin held Clouded Yellow, Painted Ladies and this Small Copper. A clump of buddleia near Llanquian held a spectacular cloud of butterflies - Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, PLs, Comma. All in all 34 of 8 sp. #SouthWalesButterflies

Small Copper butterfly feeding on ragwort flowers

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Red-veined darter (I think) playing hide and seek at Lavernock this morning. #dragonfly

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This morning's #lunareclipse was a parting gift from the solar system after the total #eclipse I saw in Spain a couple of weeks ago. The #moon was beautiful sight against the gently brightening dawn sky. #astrophotography #nightsky

Image of the eclipsed moon. The moon goes a ghostly red colour against a dark sky.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm in Spain for the eclipse and glad to see that the people of #Zaragoza have recognised Cardiff's rightful place amongst the great fashion houses of Paris, New York, and Milan. #CardiffHombre #HauteCouture

Spanish store front. The entrance is made of stone blocks, with a recessed and glass-fronted display area. Three mannequins are wearing dark coloured suits. The sign above the shop reads 'Cardiff hombre'.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wonderful airborne display in the garden this evening when a small squadron of migrant hawker #dragonflies arrived for their evening meal. #gardeningforwildlife

Head-on image of a dragonfly. It's wings are in an X shape, with the long thin abdomen trailing behind on the left. The backgroundof theimage is blurred.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

More than making up for a lack of White Admirals at Slade Wood (where I cycled yesterday), a beautiful Clouded Yellow became the 16th and latest #butterfly species in my #Penarth garden. 5 silver-washed frits and a host of others were present at Slade. I'll return there soon. #SouthWalesButterflies

A yellow butterfly sits on a lilac-coloured flower in front of a green background. The butterfly is viewed front on, with wings folded above and antennae protruding to the sides. It's dark tongue is in the flower head.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

164 #butterflies of 10 species during a magical morning at #Cosmeston with 18 clouded yellow (including one white helice form), and a dark green fritillary the highlights. Also day-flying #moths, and many dragonflies. ##SouthWalesButterflies #nature Thanks to @sconzani.bsky.social for help with id.

Black and red six spot burnet moth on purple loosestrife

White and black helice form clouded yellow butterfly in flight above dry earth.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I suspect it's moved on, but I've marked the spot on this map in case you do want to look.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Lovely to find a small skipper laying eggs in our garden meadow. Our fourth #NoMowSummer in a row (with complementary planting in the borders) has really seen an uptick in biodiversity, with many additional plant and insect species. #SouthWalesButterflies #Butterfly #Gardeningfornature

On the left, a small skipper butterfly clings to a guess stem. On the right, a tiny circular butterfly egg sits on a blade of grass.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Many butterflies on the wing in the Vale today. Lots of fast-flying fritillaries, which were impossible to identify. Thankfully, a few dark green fritillaries were more obliging, including this unfortunate individual that had narrowly escaped being eaten. 10 species seen in total. #butterflies

Dark Green Fritillary feeding on white clover. The butterfly's wings are damaged and missing sections from the trailing edges.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A #NoMow approach to the garden over the last few years is really starting to bear fruit. The lawn is now home to a wide range of invertebrates and yesterday we had our first ever small skipper, which liked it so much it decided to stay overnight. #wildlifegardening #butterflies

Small skipper butterfly resting on a blade of grass.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

From the same team that brought you images of blurry purple blobs in an oak tree last year is this potentially award winning photograph of a white-letter hairstreak #butterfly making the most of the heatwave in Dingle Park, #Penarth earlier (great views through binoculars thankfully).

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Beaming messages with as much relevance today as when they were originally penned, #DEVO were other-worldly last night in Manchester. The Cosmic De-evolution tour with the #B-52s, #TheRezillos, & #LeneLovich was a triumph! #glitchart #AreWeNotMen #WeAreDEVO

Photo collage of Devo Energy Domes re-imagined as flying saucers descending from the sky above Manchesters's CIS tower.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Never mind the #heatwave, there's a tidal wave of #litter out there! Worryingly large numbers of disposable barbecues today, each releasing sharp, corroded metal onto #Penarth beach, which is popular with (often barefoot) swimmers! #BintheBBQ #DawnStalkers #KeepWalesTidy

Mosaic of images showing disposable barbecue waste. The central image is a picture of multiple drink cans in a red bin bag.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Warm and overcast conditions last night attracted over 50 #moths of 20 species, many of which were new to the garden (Coronet, Common Lutestring, & Phoenix). However, the highlight was this charming Acorn Weevil. #acornweevil #teammoth #bugs

Acorn Weevil walking on a white background.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Spent a wonderful morning sitting in a cloud of Silver-studded blue #butterflies on the #GreatOrme. The plebejus caernensis sub-species is only found on the Orme and have a symbiotic relationship with black ants.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Fruitless search for the reef heron in Y Foryd today. A lot of people were searching, so it seems likely to have moved on. A lovely cycle from Bangor station nonetheless, and a yellow wagtail, 3 black swans and many shelduck chicks were great to see. #BirdingWales

View of the distant peaks of Yr Eifl above Y Foryd with cirrocumulus clouds moving across the clear blue sky.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Can't belive that #GardenersWorld came to #Penarth and didn't mention our incredible diversity of garden #molluscs! 🤣 A short scan round the flower beds during the drizzle last night revealed at least 9 species of #slugs and #snails. 🐌🐌🐌

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

What better way to spend a hot evening than a bit of moth trapping in the garden? 16 species (plus a few unidentified pugs 🤔), with many new to the garden including Treble Brown Spot and this spectacular Waved Umber. Also a rather striking (ophion?) #ichneumon wasp. #TeamMoth #Mothsmatter

Waved Umber moth against a white background. The moth is cream-coloured with brown streaks to give an overall resemblance of wood.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Perfect timing to visit Compton Down for a #butterfly hunt! 12 species seen alongside multiple day-flying moths and other #beasties. Glanville Fritillary, Adonis Blue, Grizzled Skipper, Small Blue, Wood Tiger, and Mother Shipton moth were my highlights. #UKwildlife #Teammoth #IsleofWight

Clockwise from top left: Adonis Blue butterfly, Glanville Fritillary butterfly, Garden straw (agapeta hamana) moth, Rose Chafer (catania aurata), and Mother Shipton moth.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

First Jersey Tiger moth caterpillar found in my #Penarth garden today. The first adults were seen at our moth trap a couple of years ago and it seems that these striking #moths are now here to stay! #mothsmatter #tigermoth #caterpillar

Jersey Tiger moth caterpillar curled up into a ball on grey background. The caterpillar is grey/brown with a lateral cream stripe and light orange leg segments. Fine hair protruding from each segment.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

'There is a last time for everything, though when that happens we rarely know it for what it is - and so we should approach each thing as if we'll never have a chance to experience it again.' Wise words from @stonelands.bsky.social in Stone Lands, a wonderfully poignant book #megalith #standingstone

Front cover of the hardback version of Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. The image shows a stone circle surrounded by trees and situated in front of a steep hill.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I found my first ever grizzled skippers at Merthyr Mawr today. Much smaller than I expected, but they certainly made the long cycle worthwhile. Also seen: dingy skippers, orange tip, common blue and both flavours of white. #butterflies #ukwildlife #butterfly

Grizzled skipper butterfly basking amongst wildflowers

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A cycle to the unloved and overlooked Ffos-yr-Haidal 1 cupmarked rock on Mynydd Eglwysilan today. More modern mark-making was evident nearby, including some that had been drilled and cut into the rock! 😱 #BronzeAge round cairn Carneddi Llwydion had seen better days. #StoneClub #rockart

Clockwise from top left: subtle depressions in the top of the Ffos-yr-Haidal 1 cupmarked stone, graffiti from 1957, the ruinous Carneddi Llwydion ring cairn sitting under pylons, and graffiti / vandalism with a drill and angle-grinder on the side of a natural standing stone overlooking the Taff Valley above Cilfynydd.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Exciting times whilst gardening! Strange triangles on fallen bay (laurus nobilis) leaves appear to be the fruiting bodies of #microfungus coccomyces delta, which is relatively new in the UK and may not have been reported in Wales before (I suspect just under-reported). #fungi #coccomycesdelta

Dark triangles of the microfungus coccomyces delta on a dead bay leaf.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Successful morning searching for longhorn moths at Casehill Woods. Over 8 adela reaumurella on a single oak tree, with a lone nematopogon swammerdamella up in the woods proper. #mothsmatter #woodlandtrust #longhornmoth #moth

Longhorn moth perched on a young oak leaf. The long antennae catch sunlight above.

Nematopogon swammerdamella longhorn moth perched on a twig with long antennae protruding from either side.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Productive morning cleaning the beach between #Penarth and Lavernock Point. As always, lots of plastic bottles and drinks cans, with numerous smaller pieces of #plastic and polystyrene, which pose a particular hazard to birds and sea creatures. @keepwalestidy.cymru #beachclean

Rubbish bags and a gas canister on a rocky beach. The high water mark is covered in wood and seaweed.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

A small group of us took part in the #GBSpringClean along the railway path in #Penarth this morning. Between us we filled more than 4 large bags with #litter in a 500m stretch!! #Lovewhereyoulive @keepwalestidy.cymru

Red bins bags next to a litter bin. An old bridge is in the background, with trees beyond.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Stunning morning for a cycle round the Great Orme! Huge, noisy, rafts of common guillemots near the lighthouse (c.1000 birds), with 6 black guillemots amongst them. Also fulmar, shag, cormorant, herring gull, raven, and rock pipit. Significantly more meadow pipits than yesterday. #birdingwales

View of Llandudno pier in silhouette against the sea. The Little Orme sits in shadow on the horizon and sun beams radiate from the clouds.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Interesting group of stones and circular mound/outcrop of boulders nearby as well...

Standing stone viewed between adjacent grouping of four limestone boulders.

Broadly circular group of limestone boulders covered in low growing gorse.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A return visit today to take photos from a different angle has confirmed without doubt that this is the lost Great Orme #menhir. Compare my photo (LH) with the 1951 image (RH) on #Coflein for site NPRN420360. coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/420... #GreatOrme @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social

Two photos of a standing stone. The image on the right is archive number 6421199 from Coflein, with the image on the left my own.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It's where I've drawn a red circle [grid ref SH 75797 84084]. The blue circle is the grid reference from Coflein [SH 76000 84000], which notes that the 'exact location is unknown'.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I may have found a long lost #menhir during a trip up the Great Orme earlier. This stone at 53°20'20.6"N 3°52'00.6"W seems to fit the description of #Coflein NPRN 420360 coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/420... @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social #standingstonesunday

Possible menhir standing above grass. Smaller stones are visible in the grass around the base of the stone.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

No luck finding the lesser yellowlegs near Rhuddlan, but close-up views of 2 water pipit were a decent consolation for the cycle along the coast. Also present: black-tailed godwit (1), curlew, lapwing, goosander, wigeon, Canada geese, teal, turnstone and many, many piping redshanks. #birdingwales

Digiscoped photo of water pipit amongst vegetation. A river is flowing in the background.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

How it started. How it's going. Happy St David's Day! Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant hapus! #Landofmybananas #StDavidsDay

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Cervine synchronicity this wknd with the #BBC #TheDarkisRising, @LisaKnappmusic.bsky.social & @GerryDiver.bsky.social singing #StarCarr at the @edfss.bsky.social #IndoorFestivalofFolk and an encounter w/ 10k y.o. stag headresses at the #BritishMuseum lisaknappgerrydiver.bandcamp.com/album/hinter...

10000 year old headdress found at Star Carr in Yorkshire. The headdress is made from a deer skull and has holes drilled through to allow it to be worn.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Finally caught up with the black redstart on Cardiff Bay barrage and enjoyed the spectacle of a large flock of cormorants (c.50) hunting fish in the middle of the Bay. Also Chiffchaff at the end of the Tiger Yard promontory. #BirdingWales

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Hi there, I'm hoping to combine the baikal teal and pallid harrier on a train/bike adventure v soon. I'm struggling to pin down the best place to look for the teal though. Is the lane at 51.700922,-4.047737 a good starting point?

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Noting report of a possible blue-morph snow goose at #Cley (via cleybirdclub.org.uk/list-sightin... ), I saw the bird at Cley and had coincidentally photo'd it with my phone when it flew over the marsh nr Blakeney (2nd from left, top row). I'm no expert, but thought worth sharing if it helps id.

Flock of dark-bellied brent geese with a possible interloper in the top line, second from left. The unusual bird has a thicker-set white head. It also has obvious white flashes on the wings and a suggestion of a lighter upper forward wing.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A very special end to a lovely holiday as a #glossyibis flew straight past me at #NWT #Cley Marshes reserve whilst I saw in the middle of the three central hides. It came in low from the west and was heading SE towards Pat's Pool when it was lost from view. #Norfolkbirding

Six Dark-Bellied Brent geese fly in formation over a muddy tidal creek.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

You only live twite! A beach walk from #Cley to #Salthouse and back was rewarded with a small, but confiding flock of #Twite. Cherries on a cake that included hundreds more geese (DBB are quickly becoming my faves), and a barn owl first thing. #norfolkbirding

Skein of dark-bellied Brent geese strung out across the blue morning sky. Whispy cirrus clouds are in the background.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A very wet afternoon, but an equally warm welcome at #CleyMarshes #NWT. 23 sp. seen with water pipit on Simmond's scrape the star. Incredible, close-up and prolonged views of little egret, common snipe, and water rail from Bishop's hide were also highlights. #WildlifeTrust #Norfolkbirding

My own watercolour painting of Beach Road, Cley Next The Sea

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Wonderful start to our first day in #Cley, with the sight of hundreds of geese squeaking like giant feathered balloons through the sky. #winter #geese

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Pretty good start to a week in Norfolk when an Eastern Black Redstart flew into a bush next to me at the seafront in Sheringham 🤯 (epic binoco-scoped photo my own) #norfolkbirding

Out of focus photo of an Eastern Black Redstart perched on a branch within a bush. The bird's head and wings are black, with the breast a rusty red colour.

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W Griffith @supersequin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Perhaps a bit early to claim wildlife sighting of 2026, but it's going to take something special to beat this Jaguar Shark...😉 #WesAnderson @designmuseum.bsky.social #jaguarshark #thelifeaquatic

Jaguar Shark prop from Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic

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