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The
‘Friends’ want to build up a list of wildlife
seen in the Woods and need your help! We want to know about the birds,
mammals
and insects that use the area, as well as the plants and fungi that you
may see
there. You
need
to give a date, the name of the species, and whereabouts you saw it (a
grid
reference (use this grid map click here)
would be
best, but a brief description of the area will do).
A comment
is often useful, e g A Song Thrush carrying nesting
material; a
Muntjac gnawing the bark on a young tree; six Painted Ladies nectaring
on
thistles; a Blackcap overwintering. Early arrivals and late
departures are
always worth recording. Because of the sensitive nature of some of your
sightings there may be a delay before these are put on the
website, or the
precise location may not be given - we do not want to see disturbance
to
nesting birds, or the picking of rare plants! Please help build up a
picture of
what you see - it may not be rare, but if it interests you,
it is
likely to interest other users of the woods. Thank you.
Because
of the great range of flora and fauna, we have split the task of
recording
sightings. Send your sightings of birds and plants to Judith Knight, by
email
at judithknight@waitrose.com.
Rory
Morrisey has volunteered to take sightings of
reptiles and amphibians, bees, wasps, ants, flies (including
dragonflies and
hoverflies in particular), grasshoppers and crickets, bugs and spiders.
You can
email him at rorymorrisey@hotmail.co.uk.
To
see a
monthly list collated by Judith - click
here ; by Rory click
here or
to see Tony’s page click here.
As
all our
‘spotters’ are keen amateur naturalists
there will be a mixture of ‘spots’ by all!
Rainfall in Linslade Wood
The figures for February 2023 are 5.5mm over 5 wet days. A
dry month, but last year we had 59mm in February. The 5 year rolling average is
46.1 for February, so 2023 continues the dry period. In fact, February was the
5th driest month since our records began in 2012.
Rainfall Data supplied by Dave & Sue Booth Click here to see their historical records
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