In Loughor, Vervain (Verbena officinalis), Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), Lesser sea spurrey (Spergularia marina) and Wild privet (Ligustrum vulgare) were all in bloom. Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and Bramble (Rubus fructicosa) both had green fruits. A sawfly larva (Croesus septentrionalis) nibbled at my Silver birch, Common froghopper adults (Philaenus spumarius) waited to spring, a Scorpion fly (Panorpa communis) threatened, a Soldier and Sailor beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) marched and two Mirid bugs, Calocoris stysi and probably Lygus pratensis, lurked. In a year of butterfly shortage, the Small skipper (Thymelicus flavus) and the Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) made an appearance. In Bynea, Great willowherb (Epilobium hirsuitism), Redshank (Polygonum persicaria) and the alien Garden privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) were in flower whilst the European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were being blase.
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