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.
Friday 16 July 2010
Seeing the Changes 312
In Loughor, Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) and Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) berries were ripe. Field mushroom (Agaricus campestris) were also emerging. Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) butterflies flitted about. There were lots of Gastrophysa viridula beetles on Hogweed. Common green capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus), Forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes) and Miris striatus were spotted on vegetation. In Gorseinon, there were leeches in my daughter's garden (in spite of there being no pond or stream). In Bynea, lots of Common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) is in bloom. The Bristly ox-tongue (Picris echioides) has been in flower on the Swansea campus for about a week.
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