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DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire |
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12 June 2018
Moseley Green - Wildlife Survey
Grid Ref SO637088
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 an overcast day at about 18 degrees so butterflies and moths were not abundant.
The full report of species recorded can be seen here
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Our butterfly and moth expert brought this Eyed Hawk-moth to show us which he had caught the previous night. Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) The pink hindwings are decorated with black and blue “eyes”, used to flash at predators. They are well distributed throughout England and Wales
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Checking for anything in the stream! On the bottom left of the photo is the dried up remains of a regular boar wallow. . |
