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Wurzel
Too true, Wurzel. I empathise totally.Wurzel wrote:Great stuff GoldieI would have said all that has been said if I hadn't been trapped at work, honestly this work malarkey just gets in the way of living
Yes, it's a juvenile Sparrowhawk.Goldie M wrote:It is a Sparrow Hawk isn't it?
Most of that makes pretty depressing reading, Goldie.Goldie M wrote:Yesterday 7th May I went up to Gaits Barrow, I thought maybe the Duke -of-Burgundy would be out by now but he wasn't and the people from Natural England who run GB are concerned. I got talking to some of them who were doing a check on various things and it seems the Pearl Bordered Fritillary has not appeared yet, with the warm weather 22c yesterday they felt sure they would start to merge. They were asking people like us who were out and about to tell others if they saw any to let them know about both species.![]()
I also learn't that Gaits Barrow could start to allow bikes and Horses to go in. Every one I met was angry about this, more so because cycle tracks had been found going across the the Slipper Orchids , people were there trying to repair the damage, like one man said if this happens with out permission to go in whats it going to be like when loads turn up with bikes and horses, not forgetting some of the rare species of butterflies that are struggling now.
I said I'd tell my friends etc , they said tell every one and if they don't like it tell them to contact Natural England and complain which I intend to do I can't imagine
the devastation it could cause to the slate and the wild life.![]()
On a lighter note I was shown where a colony of Green Hair Streaks were playing around in the sun and I got my first look at them and also some shots![]()
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I also saw Brimstone's Green Veined Whites, Peacocks , so my day wasn't too spoiled Goldie M
This butterfly has really scarred you, hasn't it?Wurzel wrote:It could be worse, at least you've seen a Greenstreak