Not sure where the Strandline Beetles are at the moment as "refuges" on the beach are very few and far between.
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| A clean Cefn Sidan |
I found another dead Gannet plus quite a few Barrel Jellyfish, I'm often asked "what happens to them?" well from what I saw today a lot of them provide a huge meal for the various invertebrates on the beach such as sandhoppers, there were thousands of sandhoppers on the open beach this morning many of them apparently feeding on the jellyfish
The dune flora is, now, perhaps past its best although there are some interesting plants to be found including this thistle, which even when fresh looks dead, its the Carline Thistle.
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| Carline Thistle |
In the brief morning sunshine I did see a Painted Lady butterfly, hopefully a spell of settled weather will arrive soon, then it will be a great time to be out on the reserve looking for late summer/autumn wildlife get out there and enjoy, we have an event on 26th August - Salt marsh flowers at 10am come along and bring a friend!!!
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