Nature of Snowdonia: A Beginner's Guide to the Upland Environment

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Pesda Press, Aug 10, 2009 - Nature - 176 pages
The first complete field guide for the mountains of Snowdonia through the seasons, its plants, animals and rocks. Everything you're likely to see in the hills at that time of year is here in one volume. Follow the seasons of Snowdonia; winter is the perfect time for studying rocks and lichen; in spring the bog flowers flourish and beautiful orchids bloom; summer brings fruits and flowers, and the trees are in full leaf; in autumn an amazing display of funghi appear, the hill farms are busy again in preparation for winter and as the nights draw in it is time again to sit beside the fire and tell tales of local myth and legend. A little knowledge of thyme, tormentil and thrift will enhance your day in the hills. Fossil trilobytes and roche moutonn'e (rock sheep), bogbean beer and caterpillar fungus, are just some of the fascinating things you will discover.
 

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Acknowledgements
6
Winter plants
41
Mammals
59
Mountain birds 83 8555
83
Amphibians reptiles
95
Reptiles
96
Insects
99
Spiders
100
Trees shrubs
129
Ferns
139
Invaders
143
AUTUMN
147
Fungi
149
Hill farms
159
Myths legends
165
THE LAST WORD
173

Moths butterflies and caterpillars
104
SUMMER
107
Flowers
109
Grasses rushes
125
Bibliography
176
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