Monday 10 September 2012
Dowrog Common and St. David's airfield, Pembrokeshire
We headed over to St. David's today, to compare the established Dowrig Common with the restored St. David's airfield. Both sites are good examples of wet heath, a rare and declining habitat in the UK. Dowrog Common and St David's Airfield. Dowrog is grazed by cattle, St. David's Airfield by Welsh Mountain Ponies. Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata on Dowrog Common. Yellow Centaury Cicendia filiformis is one of the star attractions of both sites. Quite an insignificant looking plant, it only opens on sunny days, which today it certainly was not! The impressive looking spider Araneus quadratus from St. David's airfield and a Harvestman with incredibly long legs at Orielton, still awaiting id.
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Hey Colin,
ReplyDeleteHow is it going?
Not a comment for the blog but a question... Have you got any decent pictures of St David's airfield I could use in a PowerPoint for this years Orielton trip? I need a basic landscape picture, preferably without horses in if you have one.
Ta,
Ash (ashley.lyons@edgehill.ac.uk)