Thursday 5 August 2010

Seeing the Changes 321

In Loughor, there was a July highflier moth (Hydriomena furcata) in the moth trap sample along with several other beasts (a Large yellow underwing Noctua pronuba and a Dark arches Apamea monoglypha). The Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) was flowering in that location. In Bynea, Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) was in sloe and some marsh grasses were in flower along with Lesser calamint (Calamintha nepata).

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