Sunday, 27 September 2015
Bats in the belfry?
Not just in the belfry, but in the church itself! Mary Miles noticed this Longeared Bat on the lectern in Little Abington church
on Satruday 26 September and Derek took this photo:
Friday, 25 September 2015
Young Muntjac in Cambridge Road garden
Derek took this photo of a young Muntjac in their garden this morning (25 September).
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Monday, 21 September 2015
Thursday, 10 September 2015
River sampling - 9 September 2015
Riverfly sampling - Sept 2015
Organisation: Abington Naturewatch
Site name: The Ford, Abington, Cambridge (not the usual place)
River: Granta
Grid ref: TL534490
Monitoring Group Coordinator: Rob Mungovan
Date: 09 September 2015, 6.30pm
Recorded by: Peter Brunning
Cased caddisfly: Nil
Caseless caddisfly: B, ca 10
Mayfly (Ephemeridae): Nil
Blue-winged olive (Ephemeridae): Nil
Flat bodied up-wings (Heptageniidae): Nil
Olives (Baetidae): C, ca 200
Stoneflies: Nil
Gammarus (Freshwater shrimp): C, ca 100
A:1-9; B:10-99; C:100-999;D:>1000
Hatches seen: none
River low; fine, dry weather, cool evening; 3 kick-shuffles undertaken within the allotted 3 minutes (1. Some Weed (water crowfoot) with rocky gravel bottom; 2. Gravel/rocky bottom in main flow, deeper water; 3. Lower flow, rocky bottom, edge of weed).
Other fauna:
1 signal crayfish - 3cm
4 fish (stone loach) - 3 x 10-12cm, 2 x 5 cm
Non-sightings (we’ve often found these): leeches, worms, minnows etc.
Organisation: Abington Naturewatch
Site name: The Ford, Abington, Cambridge (not the usual place)
River: Granta
Grid ref: TL534490
Monitoring Group Coordinator: Rob Mungovan
Date: 09 September 2015, 6.30pm
Recorded by: Peter Brunning
Cased caddisfly: Nil
Caseless caddisfly: B, ca 10
Mayfly (Ephemeridae): Nil
Blue-winged olive (Ephemeridae): Nil
Flat bodied up-wings (Heptageniidae): Nil
Olives (Baetidae): C, ca 200
Stoneflies: Nil
Gammarus (Freshwater shrimp): C, ca 100
A:1-9; B:10-99; C:100-999;D:>1000
Hatches seen: none
River low; fine, dry weather, cool evening; 3 kick-shuffles undertaken within the allotted 3 minutes (1. Some Weed (water crowfoot) with rocky gravel bottom; 2. Gravel/rocky bottom in main flow, deeper water; 3. Lower flow, rocky bottom, edge of weed).
Other fauna:
1 signal crayfish - 3cm
4 fish (stone loach) - 3 x 10-12cm, 2 x 5 cm
Non-sightings (we’ve often found these): leeches, worms, minnows etc.
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| Stone Loach |
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| Signal Crayfish |
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| Olive nymphs |
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| Caddis larvae, Shrimp |
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| Freshwater Shrimp |
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| Caddis larva, Shrimp, Olive nymph |
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| Shrimp |