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Micromys minutus

24/9/2020

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Yes, this is how to address a harvest mouse in Latin, should you wish to.  Our new Young Nature Watch page has lots of lovely links to information about these delightful creatures, including a charming 18thC poem.  Along with, of course, info on how to join this Young Nature Watch field trip on 17 October.
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Why weasley?

23/9/2020

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Poor weasels.  Just because they're small and quick, why is being a human weasel someone not very nice.  Same as being a sly fox, I guess.

The Guardian online has a little item in its Specieswatch series that tries to restore the reputation of 'the UK's tiny hunter', here, along with a pretty pic. 
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Little things mean such a lot - for little creatures

22/9/2020

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Hedgehog numbers in the UK are estimated to have dropped by 95% since the 1950s. Hedgehog expert Hugh is fighting to save the nation’s best loved animal. His petition for ‘hedgehog highways’ to be installed in all new housing developments has over 800,000 signatures - and thanks to this public pressure major developers are now starting to include them.

But Hugh wants the Government to make it law to help hedgehogs across the country survive. Will you sign his petition to keep the pressure up?  
Go to the petition to add your voice
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Photography by Izzy Fry

20/9/2020

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If you've not yet signed up for Izzy's blog, I can only warmly recommend it.  Her most recent post about ringing birds on Martin Down has some absolutely magical photos.  All the birds look completely happy! a tribute to the expertise of the ringers.

Do go to mynatureandphotographyblog.wordpress.com/ and enjoy a regular boost to morale.
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Very Handsome Caterpillars

18/9/2020

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The Vapourer moth's and the Knotgrass moth's caterpillars are quite similar.  The moths are pretty small but seen here actually quite handsome.  All grist to the learning mill.
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Summer's not over just yet

18/9/2020

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I've realised that August into September are really good months for wild flowers.  I always expect the Spring to be best but am usually disappointed - except this year's orchids were really gorgeous.

Debbie Carter's been out walking on Battlesbury Hill - on the edge of the Plain, near Warminster.  You'll need to get close to appreciate this amount of detail, but it never ceases to amaze me how exquisitely constructed flowers are, often to suit a particular kind of bee.

Horseshoe vetch is an essential plant for the Chalkhill and Adonis Blue butterflies as their caterpillars feed solely on it; it is also used by the Dingy Skipper.
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Evidence of a batty Nadder

18/9/2020

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Dick Budden's patch down by the Nadder provides a wealth of interest - flowers, butterflies, caterpillars - and now, a visiting bat.  It was 'grounded', but left to its own devices it flew off, unlike a swift with similarly long wings which wouldn't be able to do so.  We reported earlier on the healthy bat population along our Nadder River - this site is further downstream but it would seem also has a good number.

This is a Common Pipistrelle - though not so common on the ground.  If you should find one in your house, probably on a wall or curtain, don't panic - leave it be till the evening and then just turn all the lights off and open the window, and it'll be gone.

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They're on their way!

17/9/2020

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That video I posted commenting, 'I've never seen anything like it,' was just the start.  Here's a lovely one quite possibly including mine, of house martins having a final guzzle of the insects at Portland Bill before they set off across the seas, mountains, deserts and forests.
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Full house!

7/9/2020

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Thank you to all our members for supporting our first indoor meeting on 17 September - we are now full to our COVID-safe capacity so:

If you would still like to come, please do email treasurer.tisnathist@gmail.com, as we may establish a waiting list

and

If you find you are unable after all to attend, please email treasurer.tisnathist@gmail.com as well!

Dick will contact everyone who has registered with a 'joining instruction' reminder just before the meeting.
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Getting back to normal

3/9/2020

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The last Field Trip of the season will be an Invertebrate Survey on the River Nadder, and we are very happy indeed to say that our Autumn/Winter series of indoor talks is also getting back under way with another watery topic, 'Things we can do for wildlife in the streams and rivers of Wessex'. Please go to Field Trips and Talks pages for details.
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    ​The pages now display photos of fungi taken by members.  This one by Andrew Carter  - Trametes versicolour.
    Please do not eat any of them.

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