ALNERS GORSE RESERVE NEWS
April 15th 2006
Paul Butter, Peter Davey, Chris Manley, Gordon Hopkins
7 x 125 Watt MV, 1 x 300 Watt MV, 1 UV.
663 Diurnia fagella Many
667 Semioscopis steinkellnariana 2
0695 Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
1054 Acleris cristana 1
1663 March Moth Alsophila aescularia Few
1746 Shoulder Stripe Anticlea badiata Few
1747 Streamer Anticlea derivata 1
1917 Early Thorn Selenia dentaria Few
1925 Small Brindled Beauty Apecheima hispidaria 2
1930 Oak Beauty Biston strataria 1
2139 Red Chestnut Cerastis rubricosa 1
2179 Pine Beauty Panolis flammea 1
2182 Small Quaker Orthosia cruda Many
2183 Blossom Underwing Orthosia miniosa 1
2185 Lead Coloured Drab Orthosia populeti 1
2186 Powdered Quaker Orthosia gracilis 1
2187 Common Quaker Orthosia stabilis Many
2188 Clouded Drab Orhosia incerta Few
2189 Twin-spot Quaker Orthosia munda 1
2190 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica 1
2237 Grey Shoulder-knot Lythophane ornitopus 1
2258 Chestnut Conistra vaccinii Few
2260 Dotted Chestnut Conistra rubiginea 1
2423 Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana 2
Species seen so far: Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Brimstone (males).
1 Nightingale (also heard April 13th ), Willow Warbler 4, Chiffchaff
5, Blackcap 4, Marsh Tit 1,
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 drumming but none of them on the reserve!
At least 8 Wrens, 6 Dunnocks and 12 Robins and varying numbers of Woodpigeons,
Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Great, Blue and Coal Tits, Goldcrests,
Carrion Crows etc, one Jay and one distant Green Woodpecker!
Tuesday April 25th
10am – 3pm. We will be tidying up and burning the last cut trees – if anyone is available to join us, you would be very welcome! The pony will be helping too!
Moth Trapping and BBQ Friday June 2nd 7pm, Open Afternoon Saturday June
3rd 2pm
Open Afternoon Saturday August 5th 1pm
May 20th 9pm, June 2nd (see above), June 30th.
Final news! The pond is full of water and the frogspawn has hatched (those the Mallards didn’t eat!)
Nigel Spring 07981.776767 nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk