A new event has just been added to the RX Wildlife Festival…..
Sunset birding walk in Brede High Woods Led by Cliff Dean for the Woodland Trust. The events are free to attend, but book up very quickly so please reserve your place by emailing: learning@woodlandtrust.org.uk For more information contact James Luxton on 08452935734 or email: jamesluxton@woodlandtrust.org.uk
This summer the Environment Agency would like to begin the restoration of Rye Harbour Farm, to re-create habitats lost to the site for more than 50 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Rearing moths takes a lot of patience, but it is fun to do, and gives the opportunity to take photos of the life stages of the moths. On the 12 Jun 2009 I collected a caterpillar from a species of mullein (Verbascum). It was the caterpillar of the Mullein Moth - Shargacucullia verbasci. I fed it on Buddleia from the garden, and on the 26 Jun 2009 it made a pupa. Then after a long wait, it emerged on 30 Apr 2010. If you have a Buddleia in your garden you may see this caterpillar feeding on the leaves in a few weeks time.
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Highlights this morning included six Black-tailed Godwit, two Bar-tailed Godwit and 36 Avocet on the pits behind Ternery Pool, four Grey Plover and two Knot on the Quarry, and two Little Ringed Plover, two Bar-tailed Godwit, two Knot and two Grey Partridge by the pits adjacent to Lime Kiln Cottage.
Knot