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.
Thursday 23 June 2011
Norwegian Would
In Sunndalsora in Norway (home of a major aluminium smelting plant that uses 5% of the entire country's hydro-electricity generation), there were surprising varieties of wild flowers including Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), Wild perennial lupin (Lupinus perennis), Northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella), Heartsease (Viola tricolor), Harebell (Campanula uniflora) and Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris). The Pied wagtails (Motacilla alba) were actively feeding in the very extended days.
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