Seeing the Changes 234

Beautiful sunny days in Llangennith over the weekend with Bistort (Polygonum bistorta) in flower. Got a picture of a Green carpet moth (Colostygia pectinataria) and noted that the Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) were using the wire fencing around the dunes as pupation sites. Great pond snails (Limnea stagnalis) and other snails were evident in the stream along with Three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and Whirligig beetles (Gyrinus natator). On the beach, there were many dead bivalves including the Razor shell (Ensis siliqua) and the Banded wedge shell (Donax vittatus), resulting in a feeding frenzy by Sandhoppers. Even better, got nice shots of a basking female Adder (Vipera berus) in the dunes.