Thursday 4 April 2024

Seeing the Changes 1997

At Crymlyn Burrows, noted Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratense) and Small-flowered cranesbill (Geranium pusillum) in flower. Also some insect activity, with Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) about and Spring mining bees (Colletes cunicularius), making tunnels gregariously and entering them.

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