What ate it? I can see how a small creature ate the edges, but what ate the holes in the petals? Of course, I imagine it was a small creature of some kind. Maybe the same kind that ate the edges. So I am just musing, wondering how exactly the nibbling happened. I mean, why would you go for a hole rather than an edge?
Perhaps a field mouse chomped neat holes.
In case you are wondering, this is bindweed. Is it hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium) or field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)? I don’t know.
This patch of Convolvulus was scrambling over a bee hotel in the park near our house. So it was neither in a field nor a hedge.
I was out there looking for butterflies as a contributor (along with Tamara) to the Big Butterfly Count of 2024.
The Big Butterfly Count is a UK-wide survey. The aim of the survey is to help assess the health of the environment. You really don’t want to hear the health of the environment in Britain. It’s enough to make one weep.
Anyone can join in the Big Butterfly Count. Tamara has been doing it each year for the past few years.
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