After work today I had an hour to spare so I nipped over to Abercwmboi lake for a walk. I was having a look around some of the Silver Birch for Fly Agaric when I came across this fairly large group of Round Leaved Wintergreen and it just shows it does not matter how many times you go to a site there always new stuff to be found. This is the largest group of this plant I have found and at first I thought it was Common Wintergreen but it was only when I noticed the flowers shape I realised what it was.
Also very near the flowers was a freshly killed jay and I think the local Sparrowhawks have been busy .
The Mute Swans are back up to nine again. The two cobs from Tirfounder fields were back on site and whey being chased around the lake by the Boss swan.
I also found a single Blue Tailed Damselfly, sorry for bad photo but it was blowing a bit also a very smart Common Darter and you cannot beat chilling out after work.
Good find Martin. You really should change your diet it would stop all of the wind.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, the only thing the "green field" sites appear to provide is silage and a sizeable grant.
ReplyDeleteVery true Mike and woolly maggots and Phil you have wind fron time time and no it don,t smell of violets.
ReplyDeleteOnly yesterday, as I was exploring part of Bryn Pica tip, was I thinking of Round-leaved Wintergreen. I thought I had once found some in the bit of the phurnacite, where the truck tipper used to be, but I can't find any record of it.
ReplyDeleteI remember you found some common winter green and i thought Bryn Pica and was your on the fernhill side of the lake and in a boggy willow birch area and this area good for snipe in the winter.
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