Seeing the Changes 1859

From the dunes to the sea in Oxwich. Two types of aseasonal fungus. Wild thyme (Thymus serphyllum) and Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) were in flower. Spotted a solitary bee on the sand, a hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri) on Ragwort and lots of Meadow grasshoppers (Chorthippus brunneus). Lepidoptera included a Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), a Brown argus butterfly (Aricia agestis) and two other moth species. Rockpools had masses of Common periwinkles (Littorina littorea), many tiny Hermit crabs (Eupagurus bernhardus) and Shore crabs (Carcinus maenus).