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View Article  Bitten by a Water Bug
Whilst surveying our community woodland pond today I netted several Common Back swimmers. Notonecta glauca L.   more »
View Article  Sweet Chestnut abundance
Sweet Chestnuts are very abundant this year and seem, so far an touched by Grey Squirrels.they are favouring Acorns this year and were seen burying them in the recently cultivated flower beds of Bell vue Park in Lowestoft. So far this year I have collected two potato sacks full, well enough for those cold winter nights.Conkers, sloes, Blackberries, in fact all fruits are abundant this year, however, Dog rose, Hawthorn and Bramble are all having secondary flowers here in Lothingland.
View Article  Myxamatosis
Myxamatosis is a terrible disease affecting Rabbits. This autumn has seen an increase in the illness in the Lothingland District of Suffolk where I carry out my studies.   more »
View Article  An adventurous Heron.
Whilst birding at Hopton Holiday Village near Lowestoft on the 16th October, I was stopped by one of the security officers who produced a bag containing a dead Grey Heron. In the birds bill was   more »
View Article  Handsome Fungi
In the winter wheat fields south of Lowestoft and elsewhere in the district, hundreds of agaric fungi have appeared seemingly overnight.    more »
View Article  Tod: - a Suffolk term for tree pruning?
The other day I was talking to my neighbour about a pollarded willow in her garden.   more »
View Article  Aliens on the North Denes at Lowestoft
In 2002 Arthur Copping of Diss visited the Lowestoft area of TM 5292,5494,&5490 to record the flora for the new ...   more »
View Article  Grey Heron feeding on Grass Snakes
Whilst fishing at Reydon Pit’s near Southwold on the 17th September 2006. I was watching an adult & 1st winter Grey Heron feeding in the shallows of the lake on the opposite bank. Some 200 metres away.   more »
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