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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservation</a> success: Rare <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> make remarkable comeback <a href="https://nation.cymru/news/conservation-success-rare-birds-make-remarkable-comeback/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nation.cymru/news/conservation-success-rare-birds-make-remarkable-comeback/</a>"Before 2020, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bitterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bitterns</a> had previously not bred on the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> for at least 200 years, yet officers have recently recorded four separate nests at the reserve... The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/MarshHarriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarshHarriers</a> originally arrived at <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewportWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewportWetlands</a> in 2016 and the original pair raised 12 chicks between 2017 and 2022. A second pair began breeding at the reserve in 2023 and successfully fledged 3 chicks."

AimlessWelshWandererBack to the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> and the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WalesCoastPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalesCoastPath</a> today for a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wander</a> from <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Redwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Redwick</a> to <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Caldicot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Caldicot</a>. Frequent squally showers made it, mostly, a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/monochome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monochome</a> day.<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Landscape</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Seascape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seascape</a>

AimlessWelshWandererI've been enjoying my wanders on the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> 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": <a href="https://nation.cymru/news/new-battle-to-save-unique-gwent-levels-from-development/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nation.cymru/news/new-battle-to-save-unique-gwent-levels-from-development/</a><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Petitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petitions</a>

AimlessWelshWandererBack to the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> for a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wander</a> today, From <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Goldcliff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goldcliff</a> to <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Redwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Redwick</a>. 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".<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Landscape</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Seascape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seascape</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WalesCoastPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalesCoastPath</a>

AimlessWelshWandererA few <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insect</a> pictures from this week's walk along the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WalesCoastPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalesCoastPath</a> on the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a>.A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/RedAdmiral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedAdmiral</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Butterfly</a> A mating pair of <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/RuddyDarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuddyDarter</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Dragonfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dragonfly</a> A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CommonBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommonBlue</a> butterfly A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/FurrowOrbWeaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FurrowOrbWeaver</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Spider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spider</a><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a>

AimlessWelshWandererSome of my <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bird</a> spots from yesterdays <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wander</a> on the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a>, plenty more were seen, but pictured are - A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Swallow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swallow</a> - <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BlackeHeadedGulls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackeHeadedGulls</a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BlackTailedGodwit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackTailedGodwit</a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Lapwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lapwing</a> - A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GreatSpottedWoodpecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatSpottedWoodpecker</a>, and - A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Pheasant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pheasant</a><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a>

AimlessWelshWandererBank on the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WalesCoastPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalesCoastPath</a> for a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wander</a> today. From The <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NewportWetlandsCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewportWetlandsCentre</a> to the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SeaWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaWall</a> at <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Goldcliff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goldcliff</a>. Here's some views..... I'll post some birds and bugs tomorrow<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Landscape</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Seascape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seascape</a>

AimlessWelshWandererA selection of <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Butterflies</a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Birds</a> seen on yesterday's <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wander</a> on the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/gwentlevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gwentlevels</a> -A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Gatekeeper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gatekeeper</a> / <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/HedgeBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HedgeBrown</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Butterfly</a> -A <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/PaintedLady" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaintedLady</a> Butterfly -A female <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Mallard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mallard</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Duck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Duck</a>, and -<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GreyHeron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreyHeron</a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LittleEgret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LittleEgret</a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BlackHeadedGull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHeadedGull</a> on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/PeterstoneGout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeterstoneGout</a>#<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a>

AimlessWelshWandererMy first and probably only <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wander</a> of the week today, another stroll along the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WalesCoastPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalesCoastPath</a>, this time the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> from St Brides Wentlooge near <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Newport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newport</a> to Lamby Way in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cardiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cardiff</a>. 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 oflooking East and West along the levels, one of the many "reens" and a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Panoramic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Panoramic</a> shot of the "Rumney Great Wharf"<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cymru</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Landscape</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Seascape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seascape</a>

John PageI 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. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GwentLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GwentLevels</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Monmouthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monmouthshire</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/watervoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watervoles</a>

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