It comes to something when my first Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urtica) is a road casualty in Loughor rather than a nettle nemesis! Having said that, Beech (Fagus sylvatica) mast are starting to appear in Bynea and regular Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) ripening. Traveller's joy or Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) was in flower in Loughor.
This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
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Plants We Used to Use 466. Water avens
Leaves (slightly bitter) and roots of Water avens ( Geum rivale ) are both edible. Herbally, this plant's been used for digestive tract...
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The UK government continue their quest to turn England's rivers back into sewers. They first facilitated the privatised water companies...
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North Yorkshire's Drax electricity-generating station was an enormous coal-fired plant, later converted to burn 'biomass'. In ...
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