Got some good shots of the landslide last winter on Oxwich point. Near the beach, the Stone bramble (Rubus saxatilis), Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre) and Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) were in flower. There were also Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) and Small blue (Cupido minimus) butterflies, Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaea), Sloe bugs (Dolycoris baccarum), Digger wasps (Ammophila sabulosa and Podalonia hirsuta) and Chrysomela populi beetles. There were lots of melanic European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). In Bynea, Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis), Blue fleabane (Erigeron acer), Sea arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima), Thrift (Armeria maritima) and Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) were all in bloom. Rosy apple aphids (Dysaphis plantaginea) were also in their multiplication phase on plantains. Gastrophysa viridula beetles and Common green shield bugs (Palomena pratensis) were mating. In Loughor, Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria), French cranesbill (Geranium endressii), Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) and Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) were flowering. The Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula), Gorse shield bug (Piezodoris lituratus) and mating ladybirds (Propylea 14-punctata) were also active there.
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