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The New forest reptile centre

Sunday, 14. September 2008, 09:40:44

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On Monday we visited the reptile centre in the middle of the new forest. It consists of a number of enclosures with all the native reptiles and all the native amphibians except the newts. The first thing I saw was in fact a first for me: a natterjack toad, the UKs rarest amphibian

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Stodmarsh NNR

Wednesday, 16. July 2008, 15:14:24

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On Sunday I visited Stodmarsh NNR. Soon after we started walking I heard the call of a turtle dove. We walk around trying to see it and there at the top of a tall tree we saw it! At one point I was standing below it and even managed to photograph it, albeit poorly:

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Bedfords Park pond dip - hawker dragonfly nymph, planarian flatworm, great crested newt tadpole and more

Saturday, 5. July 2008, 18:49:50

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Carrying on from yesterday heres what was caught in the pond dip. First up is the hawker dragonfly nymphs

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pond dipping - Common darter dragonfly nymph and great diving beetle larva

Sunday, 8. June 2008, 21:48:06

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Today was the open day at Bedfords Park. On the way up I found a few blue tailed damselflies

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Stomarsh wildlife

Monday, 12. May 2008, 11:31:25

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Yesterday I visited Stodmarsh, near Canterbury in Kent. This reserve is a great place for birds, especially marsh harriers and hobbys. But I was in search of the reported hairy dragonflys. Entering the reserve it was already very hot and the insects were flying around. I did see a couple of hairy dragonflys but only brief glimpses as they wizzed past. I did however see lots of other Odonata (the insect order of dragonflys and damselflys). First up was this terenal (recently emerged) probable variable blue damselfly

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Epping forest - Wake valley pond

Tuesday, 6. May 2008, 09:18:47

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On Saturday I visited Epping forest to look for hairy dragonflys on Wake valley pond. We parked in the visitor centre car park and head to wake valley pond through the wood. First of all we came a cross a pond where a number of large red damselflys were emerging

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Spring is here - Bedfords Park

Wednesday, 19. March 2008, 20:31:42

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Well spring is here, as the signs are there, despite the ice cold wind and predicted snow for easter :yikes: Other than my first chiffchaff calling away, I also saw my first bluebell of the year

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