Tuesday 30 May 2023

Seeing the Changes 1808

At Crymlyn Burrows, noted Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre); Woolly thistle (Cirsium eriophorum); Goat's-beard (Tragopon pratensis); Marsh sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris); Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus) and Common bloomrape (Orobranche minor) in flower. Also spotted my first Cantharis rustica, mating Oedemera nobilis beetles, a digger wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) and a Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) of the year.

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