DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire |
5 June 2018
Linear Park - Wildlife Survey
Grid Ref SO650126
We are doing wildlife surveys through the summer.We are collecting data regarding the wild plants, butterflies and moths, birds and any other species we spot! It was a warm spring day and Linear Park is a regular transept for our butterfly surveyors to check during June and July.
The full report of species recorded can be seen here
A large team assembled and ready to check the trails! |
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Poplar Hawk-Moth Scientific name: Laothoe populi This resident moth flashes reddish-brown patches on underwings if disturbed. The wings can sometimes have a pinkish/purplish tinge. Adult can be seen flying between May and early August.
Particular Caterpillar Food Plants Poplars (Populus), Aspen (P. tremula), White Poplar, Black-poplar, Lombardy-poplar, sallows and willows, especially Goat and Grey Willows.
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Elephant Hawk-Moth Scientific name: Deilephila elpenor May to early August. This pink and olive-green moth is named after the caterpillar’s resemblance to an elephant’s trunk. The adults are nocturnal, flying from dusk and coming to light, resting by day amongst its foodplants. They feed from honeysuckle (Lonicera) and other tubular flowers on the wing. A variety of habitats, often where Rosebay Willowherb is present, such as rough grassland, waste ground and clearings, hedgerows, heathland, sand dunes, woodland (rides and clearings) and gardens. . |