Bute Park, Cardiff (IP)

[cf Iolo’s Great Welsh Parks (1) BBC 2, 6.30pm 5/8/2013]

From the castle and shops
past flower beds ablaze,
and sports fields; roam woods    
(… green woodpeckers and jays);

the Taff was polluted
now its waters are fresh
(for a heron to fish!)
and dippers bob, dive
(their nest in the tunnel
for salmon to bypass
the rush of the weir);
there’s a quiet canal
where damsel flies flourish
(and a group volunteer
to clear it of rubbish);
by the river at night
a camera sight
of an otter come by,
(secretive, shy);

acres of Cardiff reserved,
for enjoyment preserved.