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| Heath Spotted-orchids |
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| Marsh Fritillary eggs and cuckoo-spit on Devil's-bit Scabious |
Thanks go to CCW staff for inviting us to join them on one of their monitoring visits.
29 May 2011
Little Hills Farm
The fields of unimproved marshy grassland at Little Hills support a fantastic assemblage of plants and insects including key species such as Marsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia) and Soft-leaved Sedge (Carex montana), but it is the quality and richness of the habitat mosaic across the site that is most impressive.
Heath Spotted-orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata) are locally abundant along with Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum), Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) and a wide range of sedges. The farm is private land but is pretty much an extension of the habitats on Pengwern Common where a similar range of species can be seen, the western margin being a particularly good area to explore (~SS631917).
For more pictures from Little Hills check out http://moonmoths.blogspot.com/
Thanks go to CCW staff for inviting us to join them on one of their monitoring visits.
Thanks go to CCW staff for inviting us to join them on one of their monitoring visits.
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It's so reassuring to know that species rich meadows like that still survive in our part of South Wales.
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