DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire

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14 June 2022

Speculation

Grid Ref SO 613 135

 

 

In the morning, the team met at Speculation car park where we were going to remove very old and damaged fencing alongside a track. Damaged fencing can cause a real problem for wildlife especially deer if they get their legs caught in it.

Our Forest Ranger provided us with protective goggles as the whiplash from cutting old wire can be hazardous.

Cutting the wire

 

 

Pulling out the fencing

 

 

 

A large pile of old fencing which is ready to be removed.

 

 

 

In the afternoon there was a Wildlife survey at Brandricks Green and Moseley Green

 

Survey at Brandricks Green Butterflies & Moths

Speckled Wood  3
Cinnabar Moth  1
Azure Damselfly  1
Large Skipper  5
Meadow Brown  1
Small Heath  1
Four dotted Footman  2
Crambus Lathoniellus  2
Common Blue  1

 

 

Others

Carder Bee

Unidentified Hawker

Common Lizard

‘Squashed’ Dor Beetle

 

Survey at Moseley Green Butterflies & Moths

Broad Bodied Chaser (female)  4
Brown Silver Line  10
Cinnabar Moth  1
Large Skipper  5
Common Blue  4
Straw Dot Moth  3
Small Tortoiseshell  1
Columella Moth  1
Six-spot Burnet  1
Dark Green Fritillary ?  (Dave)
Red Admiral  1
Speckled Wood  5
Diving Beetle  1
Dor Beetle  1
Common White Wave  1
Four-spotted Chaser  1
Speckled Yellow Moth  1
Cuckoo Spit
Beautiful Demoiselle  2
Large Red Damselfly  1

 

 

 

Other

Buzzard
Grey Wagtail
Wren

Water Pepper (under power line by Wood Spurge)