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Ian Boote


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Some good plants all in flower
Lord and Ladies, Fringe cups, Wood Aven, Blue bells, Ramsons, big patches of Bugle, Opposite Leaved Golden Saxifrage, Moshcatel, (Both quite Rare in GM) Barren Strawberry, Cuckoo Flower, Wood Sorrel, Water Cress, Sorrell, Comon Bistort, Pink Purslane (An Invasive Increasing in the Keg) Yellow Archangel, (Not the variagated garden plant) Wood Speedwell, Thyme Leaved Speedwell, Lesser Stitchwort, Yellow Pimpernel, Common Dog Violet, Dusky cranesbill

leaf beetles Hydrothassa marginella on buttercup, Ground Beetle 'Snail Hunter' - Cychrus caraboides found under a log near the hide and a large group of whats looks lik Donacia Genus reed beatles on buttercup in the marsh over 40.

Several Orange Winged butterfly mainly female, few Speckled Wood and Green Viened White.

In the river below Brabyns Park I was tipped off that Signal Crayfish have spread from a brook further up. Lifted a few rocks to see if this was correct. I didn't find this American pain but did find 6 large bull head fish.

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Tony Darby


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In the Keg Woodland

Dog's Mercury
Field Wood-rush
Wood Sorrel (a simple but beautiful plant)
Barren Strawberry
Pink Purslane (some clumps white rather than pink)
Wood Anemone (always a treat)
Bluebell (in flower but not yet in their prime - running a week or two late. If there's a better woodland
for Bluebells in GM, I'd like to know where)
Lesser Celandine bringing some yellow in amongst the white and the blue

None of these wild flowers are uncommon, but all worth seeing. smile

-- Edited by Tony Darby on Sunday 5th of May 2013 10:54:56 PM

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John Rayner


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Stoat in woods beyond Hirst Cottage

Cheers, John

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vic chatterton


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Marsh Cinquefoil now established at Etherow CP. In pond opposite the entrance to the hide.

One of the Broad-leaved Helloborine sites had 5 plants showing -not in flower yet- 2 further plants broken off as part of area has been trampled.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 16th of June 2012 04:22:34 PM

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