Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Seeing the Changes 179







The Hoary plantain (Plantago media) was in flower in Swansea and Mumbles. In the latter location, Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) was shooting and Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) was coming into leaf. In Swansea, the alien Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) was in bloom, the flowers of the Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) starting to be revealed, Sea buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus) coming into leaf and Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre) poking through.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.