Boar's Well Wildlife, 1st May

Submitted by julia on Mon, 11th May 2009, 8:03pm
While the sun shone this morning the site was full of activity. Loads of butterflies; orange tip, speckled wood, large white, peacock, small tortoiseshell (national populations were down by 70% last year so all sitings are important). The birds were evident as well with a black cap singing prominently near the middle pylon as well as whitethroat, long tailed tits and others. It wasn't all rosy though; the Japanese Knotweed seems much more vigorous than normal at this time of year. Of course it could be that we don't normally do management work this early in May, or that we have a had an early spring and it is purely bigger but not more vigorous. Here's hoping. But the Giant Hogweed at the UNR is big too - maybe it is something to with the cold winter. We will continue to work hard to control both of these species.

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