Sunday 19 June 2011

Neath Valley Highlights

Did the standard hike with Hipkin, Naylor and Tew on the Biology field course around the waterfalls including the impressive Sgwd-yr-Eira. Amongst the interesting organisms seen were Sulphur tuft fungus (Hypholoma fasciculare), a hoverfly that looked like a bumble-bee (Volucella bombylans), the bobbing chick of a Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) and a busy Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea).

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