Monday, 21 April 2014
River Sampling - 19 April 2014
Saturday 19 April 2014,
1600—1700, sunny but cool
River Granta at Abington, Grid Ref:
TL534490
River level = medium, strong flow
Recorder: Anne Dunbar-Nobes
Cased caddis = 0
Caseless caddis = 3 -- Category A
Mayfly ephemeridae = 1 – Category
A
Blue-winged olive mayfly = 0
Flat-bodied mayfly = 0
Olive mayfly (Baetidae) = c. 70 – Category B
Stoneflies = 0
Freshwater shrimps (Gammarus) = 8 (widely
varying in size from a few millimetres to 1 cm) -- Category A
No other species found in the sample apart from lots of miniscule
hairworms.
Jennifer took these photos:
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| Caseless Caddis larvae |
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| Caseless Caddis larvae |
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| Freshwater shrimps (Gammarus) |
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| Mayfly (ephemeridae) |
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| Small specimens of Olive mayflies (Baetidae) |
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Cowslips on the Roman Road
Jennifer took these photos on the morning of 13th April.
She reports that "They are very abundant this
year and looking very healthy."
Monday, 7 April 2014
Abington Naturewatch - The Record 2013
An electronic copy is now available here. A higher resolution copy is available on request.
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Young Collared Doves
Pam P took this photo of two young Collared Doves perched on one of their garden conifers. They were
being fed by their parents.
Hayley Wood visit - Thursday 27 March
Twelve Abington Naturewatch members went on a visit to Hayley Wood, near St Neots, at the end
of March. This is an ancient woodland now owned by the county wildlife trust and
is once again being actively coppiced. We went particularly to see the abundant
population of rare oxlips, related to cowslips, which grow there on the damp
clay soil. David F took these photos:
The group
Oxlips
wood anemones
violets
and the special badger tubes in the deer fence to allow them in and out