The Charles Henry Ashley

Cemaes's historic lifeboat leaving harbour this morning.

Charles Henry Ashley, Cemaes Bay, Anglesey.

More Flowers near Porth Wen

Inland Flowers

Flowers from hill and lane near Port Wen.

Flowers of the Coast

The most obvious flowers of the coastal fringe are now looking great. These are at Cemlyn.

Flowers of the Field

The meadow flowers are looking great as well as the trees. The fields fringing the sea have been spread with muck and artificial fertiliser again so the wild flowers are decreasing as the atlantic grassland is depleted by the nitrogen applications soil, buttercups and daisies in the grass fields where the sheep graze. But in the meadows closer to the car park are looking great.
Will look out for the orchids later in June in the areas closer to the cliffs which have shallow soils and rocky outcrops, where the scyllas and bluebells have just finished flowering.

Rattle growing in the poorer maritime grassland at Wylfa Head.

Grass in the soils enriched for sheep grazing at Wylfa Head.

Trees

Identify these trees at Wylfa Nature Reserve. They are all around the car park and picnic area at the Wylfa Nature Reserve. One is struggling, another has sadly died. Mostly very green after the mild, though wet and stormy spring.

Can't offer any prizes, but good fun.

Fluffy Clouds

Better weather today, sunshine with blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

Storms over Anglesey

Heavy downbursts with thunder and lightening this afternoon and yesterday afternoon.
View over Cemlyn.

Storm over Cemlyn.

Another Power Outage

The local Tregele area suffered another power loss early this morning, between 12.30 and 2.30am. Whilst we see the survey work for a new power station it seems our local distribution system is still subject to faults and sudden failures. They are not as common as they used to be - but we still need to keep those candles and torches handy just in case.

Navitus

People might be interested in how other projects interact with the public.
See below for aspects of the planning for  wind farm off the Isle of Wight making andfall in Dorset.

Details for the onshore transmission cable from shore to sub-station.
http://www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk/onshore-project-details

An organised opposition group
http://www.challengenavitus.org.uk/

All in a Row

Drill rigs all in a row between Tregele and Cemlyn
Site investigations for proposed new Wylfa nuclear power station
Anglesey.

Tern Colony at Cemlyn

The colony of terns at Cemlyn all arrived and ready for nesting. Over 1,000 sandwich terns with common terns and arctic terns.

Terns at Cemlyn, Anglesey

Explanatory Signs for Wylfa Survey Area

News signs have been put up to explain all the work that is going on, who is doing it and what it is all for. Excellent, thank you very much. Each is located on the public footpath where it enters the survey area. These will help and inform the visitors who are walking the coastal footpath. Locals I used to meet on the footpaths seem to be staying away though as they don't want to get in the way or think it is now too noisy for a country walk, with all the drilling rigs, diesel compressors and vehicles.

New information sign to describe the survey work for Wylfa Neuyedd

Levelling-up Drill Sites

Rubble spreads create a level site on which to locate the drill rigs where they are located on slopes.

New Signs at Wylfa Head - Please Keep to the Public Footpath

The posts put up a few days ago at Wylfa Head now have signs.
Please keep to the Public Footpath

New signs at Wylfa Head. May 2014

Another Short Diversion

A second short section of the Anglesey Coastal Footpath is being diverted this week to keep construction vehicles away from the footpath walkers.

Cestyll Gardens

Opening Days at May Bank Holiday in aid of RNLI.