by David Hall | Sep 30, 2015 | Uncategorised
In September last year, during the Bath Nats meeting at Chew Valley Lake, we came across Alder Bolete (Gyrodon lividus), a red data list fungus seldom recorded in the UK. Yesterday (28/9/2015), we took advantage of a lovely, sunny afternoon to amble along the lakeside...
by David Hall | Sep 27, 2015 | Uncategorised
Leader: Alan Feest A party of 18 met at the start of the visit (including a number of new members) and Alan F explained that Englishcombe Parish was lucky in that it had not only three Ancient Woods (Breach, Middle and Vernham Woods) and that Breach Wood was...
by David Hall | Sep 22, 2015 | Uncategorised
Field digger wasp (Mellinus arvensis) with prey © Ian Redding Family: Crabronidae A common digger wasp, typically associated with sandy habitats. This one was amongst several other species of diggers between woodland and pasture, around an old wood pile. The adult...
by David Hall | Sep 12, 2015 | Uncategorised
On Saturday 12 September Richard Pooley came along to The Hop Pole Inn in Limpley Stoke to set a moth trap for the Limpley Stoke Moth Day being organised by the Freshford and Limpley Stoke Environment Working Group (FLEWG). The contents of the trap were examined the...
by David Hall | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorised
Metalampra italica 28.008 (BF642a) Female This moth was caught by one of our moth group members, by Paul Wilkins, and is a first record for Somerset (VC6) Gen Det. First recorded in Britain in 2003, originally a native of Italy and spreading northwards. Feeds under...
by David Hall | Sep 5, 2015 | Uncategorised
A party of eleven members met in the layby west of Marshfield and proceeded then on minor roads and footpaths, northwards mainly, to observe birdlife. During the course of the three hours we were out we observed a total of twenty four species of bird. It was pleasing...
Recent Comments