Abington Naturewatch: Butterfly and Flora walk on Roman Road, Saturday 14 July

Monday 16 July 2018

Butterfly and Flora walk on Roman Road, Saturday 14 July

Jennifer and Sally arranged a trip to the Roman Road (Little Abington section) to see the butterflies and flowers on the morning of 14 July. There were 11 of us altogether.

This is the list of butterflies that we saw:

Brimstone
Large White
Small White
Green Veined White
Meadow Brown
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Common Blue
Small Skipper

(The majority were the Large and Small White which are very numerous everywhere this summer)

Derek and Peter took a few photos:

Common Blue

Ringlet

Meadow Brown

These are the flora we noted:

Parsnip
Field Scabious
Small Scabious
Spear Thistle
Curled Dock
Dog Rose
Dark Mullein
Common Mallow
Geranium
Dead Nettle
Common Ragwort
Yarrow
Knapweed
Knapweed [rayed form]
Great Knapweed
Ladies bedstraw
Hedge bedstraw
St John's Wort
Wild Carrot
Field Bindweed
Hedge Bindweed
Mugwort
Wild Mignonette
Weld
Black Horehound
Herb Robert
Lucerne
Rough Chervil
Restharrow
Bladder Campion seed heads
Rock Rose
Goat's Beard seed heads

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The Aims of Abington Naturewatch

At their meeting on 9 April 2005 the members approved this revised version of the aims of Abington Naturewatch:

To monitor and record the wildlife (fauna & flora) within the borders of the Abingtons;
To encourage protection of our wildlife, maintain its quality and foster its diversity;
To promote awareness of the richness, potential and problems of the natural environment of the Abingtons;
To cooperate in improving access to the local natural environment for the benefit of all Abington villagers.

Pat Daunt, Founder

The organisation is informal and communication is by email if possible; members are notified of events from time to time. Contact details are maintained by a small "project team". There is currently no membership fee as costs are covered by voluntary contributions at events.

Members are encouraged to report notable sightings of flora and fauna within the Abingtons to the appropriate sector coordinator and an illustrated record is published annually.

A map of the area covered, with some features noted, is available here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213774935674882866424.00000111dca2be9f06ab8&z=13>

For more information or to join, please contact David Farrant on (01223) 892871.

Contributions to our records should be sent to sector contacts or either of the above. Photographs may also be submitted to Andy Merryweather (amerryweather61@gmail.com)