Survival Zones

[Pete Eeles]

Expect to hear more about this as we head into "Save Our Butterflies" week:

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/a ... zones.html

Cheers,

- Pete

[m_galathea]

Sounds good to me. Here is a site with a list of the landscapes:

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/bu ... es729.html

One of the zones is Dartmoor National Park and the Marsh Fritillary is one species for which this area was chosen. I've never had any luck looking for it within Dartmoor - one of the areas I had a look at this year was Creason Wood, managed by the Woodland Trust. It is disappointing that they are going to let the wet grassland succomb to woodland here. At the moment it supports interesting species such as Butterwort, and probably still the Marsh Fritillary (Devon BC reported them in 2007).

It does however look like the Woodland Trust are doing a great job with their woodlland creation project at St. Albans. The Daily Mail mentions butterflies so here's their link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... gland.html

Alexander

[eccles]

It's always assumed that planting trees is a good thing, but when you change a habitat you're bound to lose the one you displace. Areas of Cumbria are home to forestry commission conifers, many of which are being replanted with deciduous trees to aid biodiversity. But the threatened red squirrel does better with conifers and cannot compete with greys in deciduous woodland.