WILDLIFE IN OUR WELSH PARISH. By William Condry.

ND (1993) 1st edition. 8vo stapled paperback (145 x 211mm). Ppiv,36. B/w photographs, illustrations, map. Parallel text in Welsh translated by R.S.Thomas.

Published "to commemorate 70 years of Eglwys-fach Women's Institute". This is a concise account of wildlife to be found in the parish of Ysgubor-y-Coed, "most of it is very hilly and sparsely inhabited, being part of the north-western foothills of Pumlumon (or Plynlimon) where they come down to the wide estuary of the Dyfi which is by long tradition the divide between north and south Wales". Sections include: Life on the hills; Upland pools; Conifers, conifers, conifers; Natural woodland, flora, mammals, birds, butterflies; By running water; The farming scene; Butterflies of field and hedgerow; Farmland birds, mammals; peat bogs, marshes and pools; Nature along the line; The estuary world; Village wildlife; Now and the future. Condry's English text appears also in Welsh, in a translation by R.S. Thomas.