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, 28 March 2021
I Am the Walrus
Doing its own Magical Mystery Tour, a juvenile Atlantic walrus has turned up on rocks off the South Wales coast (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/22/mystery-of-the-walrus-spotted-on-rocks-on-the-welsh-coast). Walruses are usually found in the Arctic. Marks on the flipper of this cow-sized, beast, suggest it's the same animal, seen earlier in the week, off County Kerry in Ireland. Why the walrus was so far south of its normal range is uncertain. A suggestion has been made it could have fallen asleep on a drifting ice floe but this seems unlikely. It is more probable this marine mammal had to roam widely in search of food or became disorientated by disturbance.
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