OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE
Our Meet for June 2023 was held on 25th, a dry day, hot and sunny. The heat kept some away but members of the group were out and about on other days during the month which was generally not hot but with very few rainy days. Some watering of young trees was carried out. Rain had been forecast for the following days so it was not necessary to subject the plants to deluges of water at this stage.
Our Meet for July was held on 30th, a rather different day with plenty of work hauling items from the river which had recently been thrown over the bridge by vandals- two household rubbish bins and a supermarket trolley, tough work as the force of the water after recent rains had moved the items further out of reach. Our two specialists carried out this work whilst the rest worked along the usual routes mostly along the footpaths, watched by butterflies, Gatekeepers being the most numerous, with Holly Blues, Large Whites and the ever-present Red Admirals. A large group (not a huge flock) of Starlings was seen along the embankment long grass verges, feeding on seeds together with House Sparrows, until it started to rain.
insects in the sun and the scent attracting moths and bats at night.
Bats are pollinators too - not to be forgotten!
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