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.
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.
As Hawthorn wood is strong and closely-grained, it's often used for carving. This wood is also employed to make tool handles, as well a...
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