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10th March 1943. 

A fine day with much sun, but strong NW-W wind, almost a gale at times, but not cold.

Went by 11 AM. bus to Enniskerry, Co. WI, with A. Comfort to hunt snails in Glen of the Cookstown river above Enniskerry, at foot of Glencullen.

Found the glen nearly denuded of small timber, such as Hazel, Birch, & many larger trees felled or lopped by firewood thieves from the village & other places no doubt.  Nevertheless we got or saw quite a lot of Clausilia laminata, a few Acanthinula lamellata & one A. aculeata, while Ena obscura seemed more common than I had ever seen it in this glen.  Took two or three C. laminata on right bank of river above the small tributary that comes down from Ballybraid direction, i.e. above the ruins of cottage & on other bank of river.

Saw several male Andrena & one which lit on my hand during lunch proved to be A. apicata.  Also saw a ♀︎ A. apicata beside fresh burrow on sandy "field" above ruined cottage & a very fresh ♀︎ Bomlus muscorum on ♂︎ Salix near same place.

  
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10.3.43, cont.  Enniskerry Glen, WI., cont.

Did not go up to bee banks, where I have no doubt lots of bees would have been out, because it was so windy & I was with Comfort, who was only interested & very keen on the snails.

Saw one fine Morchella esculenta near where old iron gate used to be at top of wood;  this fungus usually not out till April in my experience.


11th March 1943.

A bright cold day with keen NW wind much colder than previous day.

First red mossy Saxifrage out in front garden in border from hall door to gate;  first flowers on Andromeda in tub in back garden.

In afternoon walked to Dartry Rd. & up Dodder to Rathfarnham Bridge & home.  Alexanders well out in several places along river scarp & Petasites vulgaris in full flower - much further on than by canal at Clondalkin on 7th.

Flower spikes appeared on Carex stricta against motor house wall in back garden.