North Wales Koi Club Forum

At the November 2021 meeting we held the judging for the 2019 and 2020 G&S competitions. The Judging was carried out by club members Majdi Jerbi and Ian Mooney. Photos of the winning koi in each variety are shown below. 2019 Kujaku.jpg 55cm Kujaku owned by Colin Jones 2019 Makashi Ogon.jpg 50cm ...

The heather is now in full bloom a sure sign that summer is nearly over, what summer you may ask as the weather's not been great this August. This picture was taken during a walk up Moel Famau.

Had a trip up Cadair Idris last week, the Minffordd path is not the way to go if you don't like steps but the view is excellent. Cadair Idris.jpg Cadair Idris or "Idris' Chair" is the natural bowl shape depression to which the name of chair has been attached, Idris was the mythical giant w...

When walking the dog this morning I saw a bird I've never seen before locally, a red kite, what a majestic bird it is with its forked tail.

Perhaps we should change the title to Summer's almost here . During my recent walk up Moel Famau I heard the Cuckoo sing his song. Yesterday afternoon, when walking the dog near home, I saw around 5 swallows busy flying around catching insects, no doubt hungry after the return flight from their wint...

I've just paid my first visit of the year to Bodnant Gardens. I never realised that there were so many varieties of magnolia before and such a variety of flower types and colours, and they were all in flower. The rhododendrons should be flowering in a few weeks time although I missed the best of the...

My own Denbigh plum is also laden with blossom this year as are the three nearby plum trees planted to aid pollination. plum blossom.jpg Not planted in the most photogenic of locations but it does seem to be growing OK since it was planted in 2015. I've also noticed there are not many insects about ...

Spring is obviously a few weeks behind Trefnant in Mold, I've just noticed my first frogspawn this morning plus the daffodils have only just made it out by St Davids Day on March the first. One advantage of the recent cold weather is the snowdrops seem to have been in bloom for a long time this year.

Very changeable weather at the moment. A few days ago sheep on the fields in the valley were all huddled up on a piece of higher ground to escape the floods caused by the river alyn overflowing, now the sheep on the higher ground are not looking too happy with the snow. Sheep in Snow.jpg The photo w...

I went for a walk in Snowdonia yesterday. I pulled into the empty car park at Rhyd Ddu at 9.00 AM and when I returned 4 hours later my car was still the only car there, I know the weather was lousy but is there another lockdown I didn't know about? I managed to get a few photos although every time I...