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.
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Farewell to Fairwood?
I went along with the Biology level 3 field course to Fairwood with Charles Hipkin and Dan Forman et al. As the University is selling the site, this may be the last visit. Amongst the highlights were explanations of plant diversity using transects and a nice specimen of a Heath spotted orchid ( Dactylorhiza maculata). There were also Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum), a nice mating display by Poecilobothrus nobilatus flies, some interesting pond-dipping catches, lots of tiny Common frogs (Rana temporaria) and an otter spraint.
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