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DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire |
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20 May 2025
Darkhill Iron Works
Grid Ref SO 5883 0858
Bracken bashing at Darkhill Iron Works. There are signs of fewer ferns emerging now as we do this here regularly.
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This magnificent Hawthorn is in full flower. The ferns up to the gate were all bashed down! |
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This area is nearer to the Titanic Steel Works at Darkhill. |
Foxes Bridge Wildlife Survey Grid Ref SO 588 087 |
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A survey near to the Settling Ponds and a sighting of the first Small Pearl Bordered Butterfly this year! |
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These are two Large Red Damselflies mating. These damselflies inhabit small ponds, lakes and dikes, and occasionally slow-moving rivers. |
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