Well the chicks are now about a month old and the change in the last 10 days or so has been dramatic. The pictures show them at about 20 days and then a mere 8 days later, changing from fluffy white balls to something resembling a Peregrine.
If all 3 chicks fledge - possibly a big if given the knack they have of falling off the tower before they can fly properly - this will be a very good year. Well, I suppose it is anyway as the adults wil have raised 3 chicks to fledging age, just that the nest site isn't particularly safe for youngsters!
Judging by the size of the young it looks like there may be one female and 2 males. At one month the difference in size between the sexes is apparent even from a distance.
The next 2-3 weeks will be very challenging for the youngsters, I hope they manage to stay on the tower!
Ychydig wythnosau yn ôl dyma fi’n cyhoeddi enillwyr a goreuon y Gystadleuaeth Darlunio Cennin Pedr, a nawr gall pawb weld y lluniau gwych ar y wefan!
Roeddwn i’n chwilio am ddarluniau botanegol – darluniau gwyddonol o blanhigion. Roeddwn i’n chwilio am luniau prydferth, ond roedd yn rhaid i rannau gwahanol y cennin Pedr fod wedi eu labelu’n glir.
Mae’r 1af, 2il a’r trydydd yn ennill pecyn gwylio adar a binocwlars bach. Bydd y goreuon eraill yn derbyn bag o hadau blodau i’r ardd.
Plenty of feeding taking place today and I think there may now be 3 chicks. Their heads are becoming more visible by the day so it should soon be very obvious how many chicks there are. Female seems to be doing most of the feeding at the moment with the male bringing in the food.
I hope the chicks are more sensible this year when they are bigger and don't get too adventurous too soon - the ledge by the nest isn't very wide!
There are number of reasons why we would want to undertake a national review of museum collections. One of them is to aid the development of a Distributed National Collection (DNC), one of the most exciting collections management concepts in recent years.
DNC - What is it?
The idea of the DNC implies a shared responsibility for our heritage. The Museum Strategy for Wales recognises that collections telling the story of Wales are kept across the nation by a diverse range of museum institutions. Collections – and the knowledge that goes with them – remain at the heart of museums; they are the reason museums exist and what makes them unique.
Many museums collect to reflect the culture and natural history of the geographic area they cover. Other museums collect material related to a specific site, activity, community or object specialism. A museum’s collecting remit is usually defined in its acquisition policy. When accepting objects into their collections museums consider not only to their own acquisition policies, but also those of other museums – this coordinated approach to collecting is one benefit of the shared knowledge that comes with a DNC.
There are a number of reasons that may reduce a museum’s capacity to collect as comprehensively as it had previously done. An agreement with other museums could facilitate the development of specialized subject-based collections, and arrangements to facilitate management of and access to objects and specimens. Institutions across Wales would co-ordinate the collection, display, research, storage and disposal of collections to ensure the greatest access to collections with efficient targeting of resources. This strategy represents a move away from the location of collections to a focus on how they are used and cared for.
Why do we need one?
The concept of the DNC was adopted by CyMAL for the Welsh Assembly Government within the 2010 Museum Strategy for Wales, and endorsed by museums across Wales. Collections and the stories they tell are the most fundamental of museum assets. In recent years there have been a number of important initiatives to better document, understand and care for museum collections. Whilst this remains by no means a comprehensive achievement with much still to be done, we now have an opportunity to take stock and develop new concepts and initiatives.
Driving factors for the development of a DNC may be funding constraints, or loss of specialist expertise. However, the DNC is about more than simply pooling resources. The concept enables the museum sector to, among other things:
- promote our collections,
- work collaboratively across the sector,
- collect comprehensively, and
- improve access both within the collecting community and for the public.
How will it help the public?
The public benefit lies in a better understanding and appreciation of our collections, which opens up ways and means to improve our enjoyment of and access to them. Knowing where the most historically significant and intrinsically important items and records are kept, and how they can be accessed, can only be of benefit to those who wish to see them as well as to those charged with their long term care and interpretation.
What’s in it for museums?
The DNC enables information to be discovered and shared, omissions within collections identified and areas of overlap addressed with informed collecting. This makes museum collections more robust and relevant. Scientists, such as biologists and geologists, in particular, have long known that museum collections globally are one single resource. Specimens held in museum collections form a physical inventory of the history of life on Earth. Specimens are kept, in preference to data and images alone, for the physical information they contain.
Museums are seen by the public as unbiased guardians of factual information and therefore have the potential, if they are not reduced to simply recycling nostalgia, for influencing public opinion in an authoritative way. The concept of the DNC formalises the relationship between museums and supports easier sharing of specimens and information. It forms a coordinated strategy to ensure the preservation of a nation’s cultural material, and to facilitate broader physical and intellectual access to it. Museum collections will add up to much more than the sum of their parts. This partnership approach is important in any subject discipline, not only in natural history, for museums to retain their status as keepers of knowledge.
Natural history museums are in the midst of an unprecedented opportunity for linking collections-based research with the experiences they offer to the millions of people they serve each year. If they are successful in fully integrating these two historically separate realities, they have enormous potential to elevate the public understanding of, engagement with, and participation in urgent and compelling scientific challenges now and in the future.
Mae 4116 ohonoch chi wedi helpu gydag ymchwiliad Bylbiau’r Gwanwyn eleni – mae’n ANHYGOEL! Rydw i’n chwysu chwartiau’r wythnos hon yn ceisio paratoi’r tystysgrifau i gyd i chi!
Ond dyw ymchwiliad pawb heb orffen eto, mae rhai blodau yn dal heb agor.
Beth i’w wneud os nad yw’r blodau wedi agor eto?
Daliwch ati i anfon cofnodion aton ni! Os ydy’ch blodau chi yn dal heb agor mae daliwch ati i ymchwilio! Pan fyddan nhw’n agor, gallwch chi gofnodi’r dyddiad a thaldra’r planhigyn ar y wefan.
Pam fod dyddiad cau felly?
Bob blwyddyn, mae’n rhaid i fi ysgrifennu adroddiad arbennig sy’n crynhoi’r holl ddata fyddwch chi’n ei anfon ata i. Mae’r amser wedi dod i fi ysgrifennu’r adroddiad nawr. Bydd yr holl gofnodion a gyrhaeddodd cyn y dyddiad cau yn cael eu cynnwys yn adroddiad eleni.
Beth sy’n digwydd i’r cofnodion sy’n cyrraedd ar ôl y dyddiad cau?
Bydda i’n ychwanegu cofnodion sy’n cyrraedd ar ôl y dyddiad cau i’r bas data ac yn eu cynnwys yn adroddiad y flwyddyn nesaf. Mae pob un o’ch cofnodion chi’n bwysig iawn a byddan nhw’n helpu’r ymchwiliad i fod yn fwy cywir yn y dyfodol. Fydd eich data chi ddim yn cael ei golli neu ei wastraffu, rwy’n addo.
Pwy sydd yn y llun??
Gadewch i fi eich cyflwyno i Nick a Pat Bean, perchnogion fferm Springfields Fresh Produce, o ble daeth bylbiau eich cennin Pedr! Yn y llun, maen nhw’n sefyll mewn cae o gennin Pedr Dinbych-y-pysgod sydd yn tyfu ar eu fferm.
Pwy sydd wedi anfon cofnodion blodau am y tro cyntaf?
Diolch i’r ysgolion canlynol am anfon eu cofnodion blodau cyntaf: Gladestry C.I.W. School,Williamstown Primary, St Athan Primary, Ysgol Hiraddug and Bwlchgwyn CP School yng Nghymru, Hawthornden Primary School, Ladybank Primary School, Tynewater Primary School ac Torbain Primary School yn yr Alban, ac Larkrise Primary School, Britannia Community Primary School ac Thorneyholme RC Primary School yn Lloegr.
Diolch hefyd i’r ysgolion sy’n dal i anfon mwy a mwy o gofnodion – mae ein hymchwiliad yn mynd yn fwy ac yn fwy cywir bob tro!
Nick a Pat Bean mewn cae o gennin Pedr Dinbych-y-pysgod ar eu fferm Springfields Fresh Produce ym Maenorbŷr, ger Dinbych-y-pysgod. Dyma o ble daeth eich cennin Pedr chi!
Nick a Pat Bean
Blodau yn Ysgol Gynradd Rogiet, Cymru.
Nick a Pat Bean mewn cae o gennin Pedr Dinbych-y-pysgod ar eu fferm Springfields Fresh Produce ym Maenorbŷr, ger Dinbych-y-pysgod. Dyma o ble daeth eich cennin Pedr chi!
