Introduction
We thought the best way to describe our local environment is to see it from the eyes of a seven year oldboy living in Ferndale.

From my bedroom window
My name is Justin and I am seven years old. I live in Ferndale and I go to Darren Park Primary School.My house overlooks Blaenllechau. From my bedroom window I can see houses, the mountains, some flowers that my neighbour has planted, the sky and sometimes I can even see a sheep!

My neighbour also grows strawberries and he lets me pick them and they are juicy to eat when they are red but not nice when they are green! He is able to grow daffodils and they are beautiful in the Spring. He gives me bulbs to plant in my garden.

What I like to do
When the sun is shining I like to play with my friends on the banking and we have to be careful because it is slippery and we have fallen a few times. I also like to walk along the river path with my gran and I have seen a heron, tits and robins. I look out for birds and wild flowers. I have seen a whole row of white and pink foxgloves. There are many wild flowers and I like to pick them to take home for my mother.

I have seen small fish in the river swirling and jumping in the water. I see different things at different times of the year and things look different at night when I can see frogs and I have even seen a bat. It was black and brown and it had fangs. It was feeding on caterpillars. I was a little afraid of it.

Early in the morning I have seen a squirrel collecting nuts to store for the winter. I have seen a grey rat carrying a banana skin. It had a really long tail and I was a bit scared.

What I like best are the butterflies; I have noticed little white butterflies and I have seen Red Admiral. It had red and black dots and it was very pretty. I really like to catch ladybirds and let them crawl up my arm but then I let them go.