Seeing the Changes 306

In Bynea, Garden privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium) was in flower. Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) larvae had invaded the Ragwort. In Loughor, there were masses of purple-spiked Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium) along with Large-flowered hemp nettle (Galeopsis speciosa). In Oxwich, there was a Plume moth (Agdistis bennetii) and much activity from Orthoptera. Many nymphs of Great green bush crickets (Tettigonia virridissima)  along with the Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus). In Gowerton, Ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) had presumably been in flower for a while and, along Clyne Valley, Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) reminded me of Sikkim.