Vandalism......, and a nice guided walk
I arrived at the reserve this morning, to be faced with a dilemma, no padlock on the barrier, a little investigation revealed it had been cut off with, probably, an angle grinder WHY?????
No obvious evidence of anything untoward but there must have been a reason?
Anyway, I guided the Carmarthenshire Wildlife Walks Llanelli group on a two hour ramble around a small part of the reserve, despite initial overcast conditions there was enough sun to encourage a variety of Dragonflies and Butterflies onto the wing.
We had great views of Emperor Dragonflies, and one or two common Darters, at the pond in F3. As we walked through the field we were soon putting up Gatekeepers, Meadow Brown, Small Blue, Common Blue and Small Skipper, a hop over a stile onto the edge of the salt marsh and we found a nice group of about 8 Grayling feeding on the nectar of Sea Lavender.
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| They looked interested! |
We had great views of Emperor Dragonflies, and one or two common Darters, at the pond in F3. As we walked through the field we were soon putting up Gatekeepers, Meadow Brown, Small Blue, Common Blue and Small Skipper, a hop over a stile onto the edge of the salt marsh and we found a nice group of about 8 Grayling feeding on the nectar of Sea Lavender.
Two Silver Y moths were seen, this immigrant moth from warmer climes can usually be seen in any month from May - September, although some moths will be home bred during that time, its unlikely that they over winter successfully.
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| Silver Y moth, (Photo Veronica Haines) |
We stopped off at the information shelter for a few minutes then made our way back along the hard track towards the car park and a cup of tea, not before stopping to check one of the refugia where we were lucky to find an immature Slow Worm.
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| Slow worm (photo Veronica Haines) |
Again it was an enjoyable morning with like minded people.
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