Penrhyngwyn, Machynys

Went to `stretch my legs` by walking to the Penrhyngwyn (`white, ie pale, headland`) shingle beach this afternoon. This locality, which overlooks the Burry Estuary at the southernmost tip of Machynys, Llanelli is a great site for wildlife, with good birdwatching and rare invertebrates. Today, I was after diurnal moths, but only a very few common species were to be seen - the summer days of flushing or sweeping tortricids and others seems to be over.

Above: views across the estuary towards Whiteford, Gower. Further afield, but not in this photo, Tenby and Caldy Island were visible.

So, instead, I just enjoyed the walk and `kept an eye out` for any interesting leaf mines on the many areas of tree planting along the coast path. Nothing particularly interesting was noted however,  but I did find a lime hawk-moth caterpillar, busily munching away at an alder leaf. 
                                              
I also noted a caterpillar (presumably a sawfly?) making a tent-type `feeding nest` on Salix purpurea and a geometrid caterpillar on tansy. If anyone has an suggestions regarding these, they`ll be welcomed.

Postscript: while sorting out some garden plants, I noticed lots of vanessids (red admirals, small tortoiseshells, a peacock and a comma) and bumblebees on my Eupatorium purpureum, and also one rather boozy red admiral (it was flying erratically) on some decaying apples, where it had been `on the pop`, drinking fermenting and alcoholic juices....hence allowing the close approach by my camera! It had better watch out for the `butterfly police`, or it`ll lose its flying licence!