A small group from Craven Conservation Group joined the Woodland Trust Work Party on 28 October. SD678741 Andy Newton of the Woodland Trust and Ken Tims of the Folly (Research Woodland) project showed us round.
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| The planted trees are turning golden brown and include Field Maple, Small leaved Lime and Pedunculate Oak |
Twenty five years ago this had been a pasture on a drumlin/moraine. Twenty years ago saplings had been planted.
We visited two areas that had been hedgerows and looked at some of the epiphytes on the trees and other wildlife including a friendly robin and a 14 spot ladybird Calvia 14 guttata - the Cream spot Ladybird
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Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)Cream-spot Ladybird |
Steve Garland who found the next nearest record of this species (according to NBN) recorded near the Three Peaks footpath where it passes through YWT Southerscales reserve) wrote an article about beetles here Did you know that there are 400,000 beetles so far named in the world. They are the biggest group of insects. More than 20% of the animals named in the world are beetles.
So there - you've just seen a picture of the one of the 400,000 beetle species in the world. Can you say Calvia quattuordecimguttata ?
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| Ulota brucheii |
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Cryphaea heteromalla (Lateral Cryphaea) SD67997398 on a Rowan The BBS website in 2013 says: If you find much of this moss, it will indicate that you are in an area where there is good air quality, and where airborne levels of sulphur dioxide are low. Since being eliminated from many industrial areas in the 20th Century, Cryphaea heteromalla has steadily been recolonising, although it is still scarce in places. |
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| Cryphaea heteromalla |
I hope to write about the pictures below shortly
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