Botanising on the Great Orme

Another great day on the Orme with plenty of nice flowers, butterflies and birds. Birds included the usual sea birds plus 18 choughs, while representing the butterflies were silver-studded blue and dark green fritillary.

The above plant is tall sea-lavander, a Great Orme speciality and this is the only specimen I've ever seen. Good of it to pose in front of the pier for the photo.

Another rarity, this is rock whitebeam.

Rock whitebeam.

Harebell.

Carline thistle.

Mouse-ear hawkweed.

White stonecrop.

Burnet saxifrage.

Gannet.

Stonechat.

A WWII pillbox just north of the lighthouse.

The tiny pillbox on Marine Drive. Apparently far too small to serve any useful purpose, the slots are about 20cm x 5cm, barely even useful as a lookout.

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