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Red clover (Trifolium pratense) and Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) were in bloom in Bynea. A small group of Gower ponies (Equus caballus) blocked Loughor Bridge for a short period.

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Red campion (Silene dioica) was in flower in Penclacwydd. In Bynea, a Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum) bloom was completely unfurled.

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At the University, Henbit dead-nettle (Lamium amplexicaule) was in bloom. In Clyne woods, along the cycle path, Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) and Wood anemone (Anemone nemerosa) were in flower.

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Lots of ground nesting bee activity in Oxwich with Colletes succinctus, Halictus rubicundus and Lasioglossum calceatum being noted on the dunes. At Overton, Sea stock (Matthiola sinuata) was in flower and, at Llangennith, there was lots of Sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) along with a first appearance of algal bloom on the beach.  

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The weird Many plumed moth (Alucita hexadactyla) made an appearance in Loughor.

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In Loughor, Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) was in bloom. In Bynea, Hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa), Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), Common scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis) and Charlock (Sinapsis arvensis) were in flower. St Mark's fly (Bibio marci) preceded its day (25th April).

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Common comfrey (Symphytum officinale) and Ramsons (Allium ursinum) were in flower in Langland. In Loughor, female Tawny mining bees (Andrena fulvens) rested between digs.