June 2024 |
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24th-26th. Wageningen, The Netherlands for a PhD viva. I had little time for birding, though did see a white stork on a streetlight. 20th. Screaming party of 5 common swift over St Ives. 19th. Marazion to look for St Piran's hermit crabs. We only found common hermit crabs, and also saw crystal jellies, and a chiton Lepidochitona cinerea. 8th. Great to see a new rewilding scheme near my former abode in Flax Bourton. There was a yellowhammer calling in a hedgerow. 3rd-7th. The annual field trip to Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire with a superb group of students and staff. Bird highlights were a hobby flying close to Castlebeach Bay, and 44 choughs around the West Dale/ airfield area. Hemlock water dropwort alongside the stream feeding onto Castlebeach Bay. the most toxic plant in Britain that almost killed 8 campers in Scotland when they thought they were making wild parsnip curry. One of the students found 3 sea hares. Light bulb ascidians photographed underwater with Rose's Olympus Tough camera. Twin fan worm showing the characteristic shape of the closed tube. Gem anemones Quite a large comb jelly off Skomer - blue jellyfish here too. Another great day on Skomer Island on 5th. 2nd: A pair of peregrines flew low over the house in Bishopston, one carrying a prey item. First swifts (2) of the year here too. |