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Things I See in Aberystwyth Nature Notes By materialise. The seeds contained in the
hips take time to germinate, usually
two cold periods will be needed for any
lightly covered seed to start germinating.
By Carys Boyle David Williams Hips are a popular cooking ingredient.
They were very important during the
days of World War II as a source of
vitamins A and C. They are particularly
high in vitamin C.
Rowan trees, also known as
mountain ash. The orange and red
ancy a picnic? Well. A fruit of the raspberry is taken without fruits are popular with many birds
lot of our feathered and the torus, giving a hollow centre, while it and are particularly liked by thrushes
furry friends do at this is picked with the fruit of the blackberry. and other song birds. Many mammals
time of year. The days are Many birds and mammals find them also like the fruit including squirrels,
starting to get that little bit irresistible. badgers, dormice and foxes. Much of the
Fshorter each week and the Elderberries are poisonous plants for pollination is done by bees and flies but
mornings are having a chill in the air. It’s some mammals but birds like the berries, flowers and fruit are popular with various
time to fatten up and make provision for particularly blackcaps. They will feast butterflies too. The fruit contains sorbic
the coming cold months. on the berries before migrating to their acid hence the Latin name sorbus. It also
Some birds are feeding ready to resident areas after breeding here. Deer contains parasorbic acid which causes
migrate while others are making the and sheep seem partial to the tree too. indigestion and kidney damage.
most of abundant times to fatten for the The berries are also a popular ingredient Seeing these berries ripen marks the
leaner months. Mammals are sorting out in many recipes. change of the seasons. It heralds the
their stores for winter as well as putting Rose hips are the fruits of roses. Both waning of the long summer days. But
an extra few grams on to keep warm. cultivated and wild species have hips. there’s still lots to look forward to, so it’s
The hedgerows are now full of ripe If the old flowers are pruned back on not all doom and gloom in the natural
berries and nuts ready for the picking. cultivated species more blooms will world.
If you are out there picking too, don’t
forget to leave some for our wildlife.
They can’t go to the local supermarket
to stock up. Blackberries are what
first springs to mind but there’s also
elderberries, rose hips and rowan berries
there too.
’m a Ceramics Designer, beaches and coastal paths taking photo’s Harrods. Weather conditions have a direct
originally from New Quay (Cei which I use as a starting point for my Aberystwyth is a magnet for creative influence on the number of fruit
Newydd), my mum’s family are new designs. These designs are then used people, which means you always get to produced. If there has been a windy
from Aberystwyth and I now in my commercial and sculptural pieces. meet new and interesting people about summer, then pollinators will have found
live in Aberystwyth and work The porcelain interior accessories, the place all the time. I feel privileged to it difficult to fly. If it’s been very hot,
Ifrom a log cabin in my garden. inspired by the Ceredigion Coast, live in a town surrounded by beautiful then the number of visiting pollinators
As a teenager in the 80’s, my friends and incorporate other materials into the landscape, the sea, beaches, fields may also have been affected. A lean
I would get the bus up to Aber for the porcelain using an innovative technique and mountains, which are constantly harvest would then ensue for us all.
day to hang out in the Milk Bar and the I have developed myself. These have changing visually due to the seasons Blackberries are a group of many
King’s Hall Arcade, and we even used to been sold in many Gallery and boutique and varying weather. There is so much different yet related species which
mitch off school sometimes and hang shops around the UK. I also make a inspiration either by looking out across produce the same looking berry.
around the Castle Grounds (I can say commercial range of gifts which I sell on the sea at the outline of the mountains or There are getting on for 400 different
that now both my kids have left school!) a website called Not on the high Street. by picking up a tiny pebble on the beach species world wide under the name
My first job was in a Travel Agents in com and I have designed products for and finding amazing colours and patterns blackberry. All are related to the rose.
Market Street. the Victoria & Albert Museum shop and on the surface. One interesting difference between the
I often spend time on the local a range of Christmas decorations for blackberry and raspberry is that the ripe

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