Bod Petryal in the drizzle

Plenty of Mompha raschkiella mines on the Rosebay Willowherb along the circular path around Bod petryal. Apparently this is the only leafminer found on Rosebay, while there are a range of  other Mompha species on the true Willowherbs, Epilobium. 

The larvae can be found from the end of May to the end of July and from the end of August to the end of September.

The tunnels loop around cutting off tissues (until tissues turn reddish) a large yellowish patch mine is formed.

Bod Petryal

A Grey Wagtail by the picnic tables before the lake. Sat by the lake and watched across the water for about half an hour - saw very little, but heard Song Thrush and Nuthatch in the distance.  Up above me a very close Coal Tit calling. Chaffinches singing all around. A lovely evening but a few insects too close to my neck for comfort.

Walking up the short diagonal cross path to the stream path and back down to the road by the stream with the Great and Small Sallows, more Chaffinches, Songthrushes and Blackbirds, and a repeated "ribbit" call, perhaps a Chaffinch, from the top of one of the conifers.

On the road on the way back a briefly hovering rather ungainly Buzzard - the first time I've seen one doing this oft-reported action.