common toad chew res, Green Tiger Beetle on the Tops, Green Hairstreak & Orange Tip butterfly, cuckoo flower, cats ear, white dead nettle on the road up top Chew Res and Wild Strawberry on the Tops among a lot of other stuff
Very close views of a stoat ,bounding through the snow ,around the toilet block at Binn Green. Also several lines of deer tracks , ( Roe Deer??). Cheers Chris
From yesterday's walk up to Chew Reservoir and back
Rabbit Grey Squirrel
Speckled Wood 1 Meadow Brown 4+ Small Heath lots Large Skipper several Small Tortoiseshell 2 Large White 3+
Clouded Border Moth ( I think, ground colour seemed a little cream compared to the guide) Pyralid and other grass-loving micros lots
Common Hawker 2
White-tailed Bumblebee Red-tailed Bumblebee
Birch Polypore
Among the commoner flowers there were single clumps or specimens of the following
Water Forget-me-not Goldenrod Common Spotted Orchid -several single specimens along the side of the road in the upper part of Chew Valley Orange Hawkbit White Deadnettle Heath Bedstraw Heath Speedwell Prickly Sow-Thistle
also quite a lot of Tormentil even in the higher parts of the valley
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 25th of July 2012 10:54:12 PM
