The Pied Wagtail of Treflach

The Pied Wagtail of Treflach

by Andrew Steele

Pictured is a stained glass window with the wagtail at its heart.  It used to grace the vistas of Treflach Hall and tell a story but with a meaning only known by those who commissioned it.

The Dragonflies of Treflach

The Dragonflies of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
  Of all the flying insects of Treflach, the dragonfly has to be the most majestic - the fastest moving (35-60 mph) and the oldest having been fou...
The Hazel of Treflach

The Hazel of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
The hedges of Treflach are rich in hazel.  Formally of great economic importance, if cut every 7 years or coppiced the abundant growth supplied ma...
The Big Bellan of Treflach

The Big Bellan of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
  Big Bellan Covert is found at the southern end of Gibraltar Lane.  It is an outcrop of rock over limestone plates, the remnants of the last ice ...
The Anthills of Treflach

The Anthills of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
    There are three types of common ant in the UK. They are the black ant, the red ant - that you will have noticed more as it stings, and the yel...
The Square Nine of Treflach

The Square Nine of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
  Pictured the last 3 apples stored over the winter of an old dessert/cooking apple first catalogued in 1832 that is well suited to wet upland con...
The Daffodils of Treflach

The Daffodils of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
‘I wandered lonely as a cloud - That floats on high over vales and hills -When all at once I saw a crowd - A host of golden daffodils’, was penned...
The Field Maple of Treflach

The Field Maple of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
  Pictured is the only native Maple species of the UK which usually is only just a hedgerow bush. It attracts aphids and their predators, while ma...
The New Wildlife Corridors of Treflach

The New Wildlife Corridors of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
Pictured is a new wood planted at Treflach Farm adjacent an old water mill. It’s a mixture of broadleaf native species including silver birch, ro...
The Mountain of Treflach

The Mountain of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
View the video here Sweeney, adjacent to Treflach is famous for its mountain. In the accompanying video (click the link here) you can see the moun...
The Drays of Treflach

The Drays of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
Pictured is a local tree in which a squirrel has spent the summer playing.  With reference to The Treflach Squirrel blog post (11.02.20), squirrel...
The Tree pollen of Treflach

The Tree pollen of Treflach

by Andrew Steele
One of the most satisfying things to watch in nature is to sit and observe bees returning to their hive laden down with pollen on their back legs....