Coming to the end of a holiday in the Vendee region of France. Animal highlights include enormous jellyfish, a home-loving centipede (Haplophilus subterraneus), Hummingbird hawk moths (Macroglossum stellatarum) and a Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at La Tranche sur Mer. I also saw a High brown fritillary (Argynnis adippe) and a male Oak eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus) at Port St Pere, as well as an introduced North American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) by the lake at Pont L'Eveque.
This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Sunday, 25 August 2013
En France
Coming to the end of a holiday in the Vendee region of France. Animal highlights include enormous jellyfish, a home-loving centipede (Haplophilus subterraneus), Hummingbird hawk moths (Macroglossum stellatarum) and a Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at La Tranche sur Mer. I also saw a High brown fritillary (Argynnis adippe) and a male Oak eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus) at Port St Pere, as well as an introduced North American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) by the lake at Pont L'Eveque.
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