Thursday 22 June 2023

Seeing the Changes 1829

In Loughor, Lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) berries had ripened. In Bynea, spotted my first Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) of the year. Not much activity on the nettle food-plant round here.

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