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Offline Yorkie

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #270 on: July 23, 2011, 05:02:43 pm »
Damn well camouflaged ain't they?    Z**
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Offline DaveR

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #271 on: July 24, 2011, 09:08:21 pm »
Not wildlife, but I was looking down at the beach from the flight of steps near the pier and this dog down on the beach was fascinated by me. Or maybe he just liked posing for the camera....
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #272 on: July 30, 2011, 03:37:17 pm »
The deer that thinks it is a sheep!
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Offline Nemesis

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« Reply #273 on: August 01, 2011, 06:55:42 pm »
Saw lots of Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars on the Ragwort in St Tudno's graveyard this morning, sorry didn't have the camera with me, they were quite spectacular.
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Offline Blodyn

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« Reply #274 on: August 01, 2011, 10:16:27 pm »
I took some photos of them yesterday evening, Nemesis, but the light wasn't very good.  I'll try to get some better photos for posting.  They're impressive little beasts, aren't they? 
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« Reply #275 on: August 01, 2011, 11:23:37 pm »
Today, according to 2 customers of mine, there was a group of at least 10 dolphins frolicking in the sea off The Great Orme.

They had walked as far as the lighthouse, and a local resident told them that they had only ever seen them once before.
On that occasion there were only two!

I have seen the odd cheeky looking seal in the bay, but never dolphins.
Have any other members seen Dolphins in the area?

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Offline DaveR

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« Reply #276 on: August 02, 2011, 08:15:59 am »
I actually might have seen them when I was on the pier yesterday. There was a lot of strange disturbances in the water around the pierhead. Either that or they were still trying to fix that faulty pump in the toilet block...
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Offline Hugo

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #277 on: August 02, 2011, 09:03:05 am »
I once saw a group of about 12 Dolphins swimming and jumping out of the water just by the lighthouse.  The year was 1976 and they were swimming in the direction of Llandudno.  I've see them since but never in so many numbers.
My friend's husband who was a boatman operating from Beaumaris saw some in the Menai Straits and estimated that there were about 80 in the group!
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Offline Nemesis

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« Reply #278 on: August 02, 2011, 09:48:37 am »
Quote from: Blodyn on August 01, 2011, 10:16:27 pm
I took some photos of them yesterday evening, Nemesis, but the light wasn't very good.  I'll try to get some better photos for posting.  They're impressive little beasts, aren't they?
Brilliant  :)
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #279 on: August 02, 2011, 10:38:38 am »
Where exactly did you see them Blodyn?
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Offline Blodyn

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #280 on: August 02, 2011, 11:12:17 am »
Nemesis and I were talking about the cinnabar moth caterpillars on the ragwort in St. Tudno's Churchyard - not the dolphins, I'm afraid!  I think that the harbour porpoise can also be seen off the North Wales coast and I'm not sure that I could tell the difference between porpoises and dolphins. 
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Offline Blodyn

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #281 on: August 03, 2011, 11:04:40 am »
Here are a couple of pictures of cinnabar moth caterpillars munching away on ragwort.  The third picture shows the adult moth (not a local specimen but the only one I've managed to photograph). 
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Offline DaveR

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #282 on: August 03, 2011, 11:07:09 am »
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Offline Blodyn

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #283 on: August 03, 2011, 11:28:41 am »
Thanks, Dave.  I like slow-moving wildlife!
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Offline Nemesis

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #284 on: August 03, 2011, 11:42:02 am »
You beat me to it Blodyn ! There weren't many when I passed this morning and I had great difficulty with the pup bouncing about in my other hand on the end of a lead ! Anyway here you are.
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