OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE
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Our Group Meet was held yesterday - Sunday 21st August 2016 - on an overcast morning which turned brighter in the afternoon. Torrential rain showers the day before brought much needed water to this years young plants and for now we have escaped the task of watering them.
Birds which had been silent for several weeks are now starting to sing again, with robins trying out short songs in chosen territories along the river banks. They will be singing strongly by the time of our next meet on 25th September - and won't be singing alone.
Wild Honeysuckle climbing across the old post and rail fencing
twining around itself to reach new heights and spread its scent
across the field on warm days and evenings.
Moths are attracted to it and pollinate the flowers so that birds such as bullfinches, thrushes and warblers can forage on the berries later on. Some butterfly larvae eat the leaves and long-tongued bees such as Bombus hortorum (Garden bumblebee) and Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder bee) feed on the nectar - thus the plant is beneficial to a good range of wildlife - including bats on warm evenings - prospecting for plentiful insect life.
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