Friday 3 April 2015

Seeing the Changes 947





In Bynea, Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) was shooting and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) was in fuller bloom. In Loughor, there was a first appearance of the Hebrew character moth (Orthosia gothica) and craneflies (Tipula oleracea) were mating in spite of the cold.

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