Birds, Bees and Flowers.....
Today sees the start of a week of, Carmarthenshire based, events for Wales Biodiversity Week 2016,.
This morning we were at our newest Local nature Reserve, Morfa Berwig to look at Bees with Bumble Conservation, we managed to see several species of Bumblebee including Early Bumblebee, Common Carder, Buff/white -tailed Bumble Bee, Garden Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee and most exciting the scarce Brown Banded Carder Bee. No photos sorry as they just would not sit still long enough...... next time...
We also had fleeting views of Grass Snake, Common Lizard , as well as Four spotted chaser, Broad-bodied chaser dragonflies and Blue tailed, Azure Bluet, and Common Bluet damselflies, along with Common Blue butterflies.
The afternoon was a flora feast with a walk led by Richard and Kath Pryce the county botanical recorders, we were treated to the identification of at least 10 rushes and Sedges as well as Early Marsh Orchid, Southern Marsh Orchid and a new record for the site Bee Orchid.
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| Early Marsh Orchid |
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| Celery-leaved Buttercup |
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| Bee Orchid |
One of the most interesting Buttercups we saw was Celery-leaved Buttercup., we also saw Common Water Plantain, Lesser Spearwort and Hedgerow Cranesbill another new plant for the reserve.
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| Hedgerow Cranesbill |
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