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DEAN GREEN TEAM Wildlife Conservation Group in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire |
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25 May 2021
Speculation and Serridge Butterfly Survey
There were two groups out today - one group did the butterfly and wildlife survey in Serridge Woods whilst the other group removed old railway wire from about 630 metres of the track at Speculation! That is serious work!
The original railway lines had been closed in 1963 and are now very good hard tracks . Some areas still have the original fencing which are slowly being removed.
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This is a newly emerged Speckled Wood Butterfly spotted in Serridge woods and a Wood White butterfly. The Survey Butterflies and Moths Green veined white Common Carpet Moth Orange Tip egg Peacock Wood White Large White Burnett Companion Brown Silver Lines Small Yellow Underwing Speckled Wood Micro moth- Micropterix Calthella Micro moth- Celypha Lacunana Birds Willow Warbler Wren Blackbird Wren Blackcap Chiff Chaff Wood Warbler Great Spotted Woodpecker Song Thrush Blue Tit Great Tit Plants Greater Stitchwort Creeping Buttercup Cuckoo Flower Speedwell Coltsfoot Brooklime Mares Tail Silver Weed Cut leaf Geranium Plantain Wood Spurge Mouse Ear Hawk Weed Barren Strawberry Celandine Other Common Lizard Black Slug Ladybird |
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This shows a few interesting bits where the old wire had come into contact with the sweet chestnut and the wire was through the tree at Speculation. |
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We removed wire along roughly 630 metres of the track which equated to a whole trailer load, the wire was very brittle in places and broke easily so was placed into old tree bags. |
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We were at Speculation removing the old wire off of railway fencing. The posts were left in situ as heritage features. |
