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69. 22. March 1945. A lovely day, but with strong rather cool SE-E wind: entirely sunny & sun very hot. Went by 2.40 bus to Lucan & returned from Clondalkin by 5.5 bus. Walked from Lucan via Esker to Clondalkin. Saw several Bombus lucorum ♀︎♀︎, terrestris ♀︎ & B. lapidarius ♀︎, Andrena albicans ♂︎♂︎, nigroaenea ♂︎♂︎ & A. gwynana 1♂︎ on Taraxacum. Blackthorn in full flower & some plants with much larger flowers & pinker. Another Daisy thought distinct (=? P. insititia!) 23rd March an even more perfect day with hotter sun, though steadily falling glass. 26th March. Fine in forenoon, dull in afternoon with some skiffs of rain & still falling glass. Between 7 & 8 P.M. when cool & dull saw one ♀︎ each of Bombus agrorum & B. terrestris in back garden, the first on Flowering Currant & the latter on Salix aurita (?) against motor house window. Garden notes. First anthers showing on Carex stricta on 21.3.45. First Vespa ♀︎ seen on 22-3-45 (? germanica). Goldilocks first flower opened (after rain) on 26th. 70. 25th March 1945. Inclined to rain in forenoon, fine in afternoon, wind SW & strong. Rode to The Green Hills & home via Tyman Castle & Templeogue in afternoon. Lamium galeobdolon, Viola hirta & many other flowers seen out, including one plant of Goldilocks. Peacock & Small Tortoisesheel Butterflies. 28th March 1945. After some rain & a depression, a fine afternoon with very strong SW wind. Rode via Clondalkin to Esker & back to get eggs. Hedges all green & except for the leafless trees the countryside looks more like May than March. Lilac & apple & black currants in flower & in my garden everything jumping forward. Silene acaulis with flowers ready to open, Mossy Saxifrages (native species) & even Sax. umbrosa showing flower spikes. During afternoon saw on roadside at Esker Bombus terrestris & B. lucorum, as well as Andrena albicans ♂︎ & Andrena nigroaenea ♂︎♂︎ & 1♀︎. 29th March 1945. Small White Butterfly in back garden at 2.30 P.M. Later saw Bombus lapidarius ♀︎ & B. lucorum ♀︎ at black currant flowers, when I was putting in our potato crop!!! Small White Butterfly at 2.30 P.M.
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