Bird blog Danielle Cowell, 11 November 2011 Female Bullfinch spotted at our woodland feeder today. Come and see for youself in our woodland bird hide www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/woodlands or watch them in the comfort of your own home at www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/woodlands/wildcams
Aftermath: remembering the Great War in Wales 10 November 2011 Of the 700,000 British servicemen who lost their lives in the First World War, 35,000 are listed in the Welsh Book of Remembrance. The decision taken in 1915 to ban the repatriation of bodies from the battlefield had far reaching consequences in the commemoration process. The many hundreds of local war memorials across Wales reflected the desire for an immediate and permanent reminder of the dead, as communities sought public acknowledgement for their loss. Inscriptions on memorials invoke ideals of honour, sacrifice and loyalty, and are often expressed in Welsh and English, or as at Swansea, in Latin. The Second World War prompted a new ear of commemoration. A selection of different designs of war memorial built throughout Wales is shown in the following image gallery. War Memorials Ystrad Mynach UKNIWM Ref: 6803 Whitchurch, Cardiff [UKNIWM Ref: 6724] Troed-y-rhiw [UKNIWM ref: 6799] Swansea [UKNIWM ref: 6627] Seven Sisters [UKNIWM ref: 6853] Senghenydd [UKNIWM ref: 6791] St Athan [UKNIWM ref: 17704]. See also: War memorials trust Ruthin [UKNIWM ref: 7050] Prestatyn [UKNIWM ref: 7157] Pontlotyn [UKNIWM ref: 6786] Pontardawe [UKNIWM ref: 6622] Penrhiw-ceiber [UKNIWM ref: 6782] Pendoylan [UKNIWM ref: 37258] Penarth [UKNIWM ref: 6703] Oakley Slate Quarries [UKNIWM ref: 51556] Newport [UKNIWM ref: 2044] Newport Athletic Club [UKNIWM ref: 3687] Nantlle [UKNIWM ref: 17391] Mountain Ash [UKNIWM ref: 6777] Miskin [UKNIWM ref: 6776] Merthyr Vale [UKNIWM ref: 2116] Merthyr Tydfil [UKNIWM ref: 2009] Llanrhystud [UKNIWM ref: 17476] Llanharan [UKNIWM ref: 6764] Llanbradach [UKNIWM ref: 6763] Llanbadarn Fawr [UKNIWM ref: 6920] Lampeter [UKNIWM ref: 6813] Hirwaun [UKNIWM ref: 6761] Gwauncaegurwen [UKNIWM ref: 6856] Fochriw Blaenau Ffestiniog Dolwyddelan [UKNIWM ref: 17366] Dolaucothi Denbigh Cwmann Criccieth [UKNIWM ref: 24475] Cilfynydd [UKNIWM ref: 6756] Church Village [UKNIWM ref: 17692] Chirk [UKNIWM ref: 17780] Cemmaes Carmarthen [UKNIWM ref: 6809] Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff [UKNIWM ref: 6640] Capel Curig [UKNIWM ref: 24488] Caerphilly [UKNIWM ref: 6746] Caernarfon [UKNIWM ref: 6831] Cadoxton-juxta-Neath Builth Wells [UKNIWM ref: 6837] Briton Ferry [UKNIWM ref: 6609] Tirphil [UKNIWM ref: 6792] Bridgend [UKNIWM ref: 6738] Bridgend Police War Memorial [UKNIWM ref: 6739] Blackwood [UKNIWM ref: 3671] Bersham [UKNIWM ref: 17812] Bedwas [UKNIWM ref: 6737] Barry [UKNIWM ref: 6633] Barry [UKNIWM ref: 17700] Bangor War Memorial Gatehouse Bangor War Memorial Aberystwyth [UKNIWM ref: 6913] Abercynon [UKNIWM ref: 6727] Aberbargoed [UKNIWM ref: 6726] Aberaeron [UKNIWM ref: 17467]
Willow Crafts Workshop at Ty Gwyrdd 9 November 2011 Today Ty Gwyrdd has hosted a very creative workshop for teachers.The workshop gives teachers the chance to learn how to make a variety of willow Christmas decorations - that are suitable to make in the classroom.After a busy day teachers proudly left with willow wreaths, stars, chains and trees!The workshop was organised by Out to Learn Willow.If you have a workshop that promotes sustainability and not for profit then Ty Gwyrdd may be available as a venue and possibily free of charge.For more information please contact the Education Dept here at St.FfagansThankyou
Go Green Day! 8 November 2011 Hello! Saturday November 5th was ‘Go Green’ day at the T? Gwyrdd. The purpose of this event was to explore easy ways to save energy at home, and at the same time, to save money! Amongst these ideas were simple things, such as: walking to school, using a plug in the sink while washing up, turning off lights when leaving rooms, not leaving mobile phones to charge overnight and many more. For more ways of saving energy at home, follow this link: http://tiny.cc/w4iqr Visitors to the ‘Go Green’ day were asked to choose one way of saving energy and pledge to introduce the change to their everyday lives. To ensure everyone kept their pledges, we asked them to write their pledge on a leaf and attach it to the ‘Go Green’ tree. Before long the tree was full of pledges, ranging from walking to school to wearing a jumper around the house to keep warm. By the end of the day, the little tree was full of green ideas! Fantastic! It is worth noting that some visitors jumped at the chance to Go Green (literally!) by donning our green feather boa and glittery glasses! At times it looked more like a surreal episode of Strictly Come Dancing! I’m pretty sure it was the first time the dark slate floors of the T? Gwyrdd had seen such dance moves! A big thank you to everyone who visited… the next event at the T? Gwyrdd is ‘Sustainable Christmas’ on December 3rd, a chance to pick up tips for a green Christmas and a chance to try making your own Christmas decorations! If you have any suggestions on how to celebrate Christmas sustainably – let us know on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tygwyrdd Thanks again, T? Gwyrdd
Seven thousand bulbs Danielle Cowell, 3 November 2011 Over the last two weeks young scientists across the UK have planted seven thousand bulbs in order to help us understand climate change!I've had many reports from teachers saying that their pupils are now really excited to start keeping weather records to help with this important investigation. I'd like to wish all the pupils well with their record keeping and can't wait to see the first weather records appear on our web pages this Friday! Please use the following links to help you record. Keeping weather records and What to record.Don't forget to send me any pictures you have and I will add them to this blog page.Question for the week: So far, this autumn has been a very warm one. Infact, October was the eighth warmest in the last 100 years! Do you think November will stay warm or turn cold? Do you think it could snow? What weather would you like to have? Leave your comments below.Many ThanksProfessor Plant
