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.
Around the lakes at the National Botanical Gardens Wales, there was lots of Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), Monkey flower (Mimulus guttatus), Water mint (Mentha aquatica), Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and White water lily (Nymphaea alba) as well as Sharp-flowered rush (Juncus acutifloris). Above the flowers there were Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), Blue-tailed (Ischnura elegans) and Large red damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula). The water yielded froglets and newtlets.
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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