There was a good turn out of Society members at our field meeting on Sunday 10 June at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve at Thorpe Marsh.\u00a0 We were well rewarded with a wide variety of interesting bird, plant and insect species as we walked around flower filled meadows, woodland, becks and lagoons.\u00a0 A check list with images attached included a recently emerged black-tailed skimmer dragonfly, caterpillar of the yellow-tail moth feeding on sallow, yellow barred long horn moth, wasp beetle and common cudweed, a low growing annual plant growing in a clinker track (a former railway). Other sightings included adult garden chafer beetle, adult cinnabar moth, caterpillar of vapourer moth, male and female forester moths, banded agrion damselfly various hybrid orchids, buzzard, together with whitethroat, oystercatcher and cuckoo all calling in the background.\u00a0\u00a0 Thorpe Marsh extends to 77 hectares and is packed with a variety of habitats and as we discovered it is developing into a very valuable home for a wide range of wildlife.<\/p>\n
The next field meeting is on July 15 at Epworth Turbary Nature Reserve and further details are available by checking the Outdoor Meetings on this website.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Yellow tail moth caterpillar<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Yellow barred long horn moth<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Black tailed skimmer<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>common cudweed<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Wasp beetle<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There was a good turn out of Society members at our field meeting on Sunday 10 June at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve at Thorpe Marsh.\u00a0 We were well rewarded with a wide variety of interesting bird, plant and insect … Continue reading