Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Seeing the Changes 117




It comes to something when my first Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urtica) is a road casualty in Loughor rather than a nettle nemesis! Having said that, Beech (Fagus sylvatica) mast are starting to appear in Bynea and regular Bramble (Rubus fruticosus) ripening. Traveller's joy or Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) was in flower in Loughor.

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Sandwich Island Saga 62. Wind turbines and birds

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