Friday 24 June 2016

Day 24 - 30 Days Wild - A walk amongst the Swansea dunes


* Today's random act of wildness - exploring the dunes *

A few days ago I went looking for Bee orchids and found a lizard instead. I put this on Facebook and someone said they had seen some down in the Swansea dunes, so after work we decided to pop down and have a look...

Flowers on the dunes with Mumbles Lighthouse in the background
There are sandy pathways throw the dunes
We looked everywhere for the bee orchid, but whether they had already flowered we couldn't find any. However, there were lots of other different plants and flowers...

Evening Primrose
Pyramidal Orchid
More Pyramidal Orchid
Morning's Glory
Morning's Glory
Mushrooms in the sand

There wasn't just flowers on the dunes there were lots of insects around too including a large hawk moth (which was unfortunately dead, but still beautiful).

Strange bug
Eyed Hawk Moth
Eyed Hawk Moth

Even more flowers...


Some many flowers in bloom
Jupiter's Beard
Coastal Holly
Coastal Rose
Pyramidal Orchid
Common Marlow?
I saw these young birds too...

I think this is a juvenille Whitethroat
Juvenile meadow pipit?

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