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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The Broom (Genista sp) and the Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) popped out in Swansea. A little later in the same location Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) was coming into leaf and Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) coming into flower. A 'fairy ring' of St George's mushroom (Tricholoma gambosum) adorned the grass. A young, lifeless Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) on the pavements of Loughor.
This mammal's common name may have originally been 'chitmunk'. It was, perhaps, derived from the native Odawa (Ottawa) word ...
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