A glorious warm and bright day at Oxwich. Saw absolutely everything, including a white European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with a black counterpart. In terms of flowers, English stonecrop (Sedum anglicum), Lesser hawkbit (Leontodon taraxacoides), Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), Southern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza praetemissa) and Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) were much in evidence. The pillarbox-red beetle Chrysomela populi worked the Grey sallow (Salix cinerea) and a small Bumble bee (Bombus jonellus) roamed the flowers. Lots of day-flying moths including numerous Common wave (Cabera exanthemata) and the Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) flitted about. Also a good day for butterflies with the first annual spots of the Dingy skipper (Erynnis tages), the Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), the Common blue (Polyommatus icarus), the Small blue (Cupido minima) and the Painted lady (Cynthia cardui). Also got some good shots of a Brimstone (Gonopteryx rhamni).
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Wish I'd been there! What a fabulous day - and the two different colour wabbits too!
A wabbit picture will follow.
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