: Amgueddfeydd, Arddangosfeydd a Digwyddiadau

Pwy sy'n gwenu heddiw ar y t? crwn newydd? Mae Dafydd a'r tim adeiladu yn mwynhau ffrwyth eu llafur wedi misoedd o waith caled. Wrth ddathlu agoriad Moel y Gaer mae pawb wedi bod yn eu llongyfarch am eu gwaith. Diolch i bawb a ddaeth i ddathlu gyda ni ar yr achlysur arbennig hwn. Rwyf wedi mwynhau'n fawr trafod y gwaith gyda chi i gyd.

Mae'r gwaith bron ar ben a'r dathlu ar fin dechrau! Fel y gallwch weld mae'r to wedi ei gwblhau ac rydym wedi arbrofi trwy greu twll bach ar gyfer y mwg. Gobeithio y bydd yr arbrawf yn llwyddiannus - amser a ddengys! Rwyf angen gwneud rhywfaint o wyngalchu ar y waliau mewnol ac yna fe fydd wedi ei gwblhau. Byddwn yn dathlu trwy gynnal agoriad swyddogol ar ddydd Sadwrn os ydych o gwmpas dewch draw am 3 o'r gloch i ymuno gyda ni yn y 'Pentref Celtaidd'. Diolch i bawb am eu cefnogaeth a'u diddordeb dros y misoedd diwethaf ac yn arbennig i'r gwirfoddolwyr Dylan Hammond a Lauren Parfitt.

We’ve just finished setting up the exhibition ‘Biodiversity - Who Cares?’ in the Main Hall at National Museum Cardiff. It’s been a great opportunity for us to show off some more of the beautiful botanical models from our stored collections. The models have been skilfully crafted from beeswax, but you might mistake them for real plants when you first look at them. With around 1000 models in the collection to choose from, our only problem has been deciding which ones to display!

The exhibition has been created by the BioSyB Dept as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity. The exhibition looks at some of the ways in which we can help reduce the loss of biodiversity. Look out for this touring exhibition at other Amgueddfa Cymru venues during the rest of the year.

Annette Townsend

Well, it's all been happening in the last few weeks!  

As you know from the last post, we lost one of the four original chicks around 23 May. On Saturday 29 May it was a rainy day and so we limited the event to the Museum. Then, at about 12.20 a lady rushed into the Museum to say that some people outside near City Hall had found a chick on the pavement and were "kicking" it to make it fly off. James and I rushed outside to see what was going on and there was a chick on the road, surrounded by people. It obviously had jumped the nest a bit too early, as it couldn't fly yet.  

So we contacted Adrian Williams, local falconer who we're consulting with, who came down to check it over. He said it was fine, just a bit underweight. James and Adrian took the chick back to City Hall roof where the chick was placed just under the clock tower. By the bank holiday Monday, the bird had made it back onto the tower, but not to the nest. 

In the week or two after we have only ever seen two juvenile birds at one time, so it looks as if the third one did not get enough food from its parents and was out-competed by its siblings. Sad news. 

However, the remaining two are now flying! They're coming up against their own challenges as the gulls try to mob them as they practice their flying skills, but it doesn't seem to be deterring them from making significant progress. They're beginning to look quite adept, so do come down and see us soon, as we'll be seeing some aerial acrobatics as the young birds get taught their hunting skills by the adults.  

Sarah Lewis

Yn ystod y pythefnos diwethaf rydym wedi bod wrthi'n adeiladu'r to gwellt. Rydym wedi defnyddio saith mwdwl o gyrs ar gyfer y to, mae pob mwdwl yn cynnwys rhwng 80-100 o fwndeli. Fel y gallwch weld rydym wedi defnyddio tipyn o gyrs!

Cymrwch olwg ar y ffotograffau. Gallwch weld y bwndeli'n cael eu gosod rhwng y trawslathau gwiail o goed cyll cyn bod Dafydd yn mynd ati i dacluso'r to gwellt.