QUODITCH EDUCATION DEVON |
QUODITCH
MOOR NATURE RESERVE
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WALK IN JUNE
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Field One
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Welcome to Quoditch
Moor Nature Reserve in June. We hope you enjoy your visit to our land.
You can find out more about it on our homepage |
It's now dry enough in most parts to forget the Wellies and take a country stroll |
The first area you
come to on entering the main gate is Field One. It covers about eight
acres (3.3 hectares) |
Keep a look out for the webs produced by the Funnel Spider. They are in other fields as well as this one.
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This is a yellow-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltoni). You can see these in both fields one and two at this time of year and for a couple of months to come. They are about 125mm in length and look like huge helicopters as they fly around. In this area also Emperor Dragonflies have been spotted |
We've also found Broad bodied chasers (Libellula depressa) in this field. Here is the male. | |
The female is yellow. The broad bodied chaser can be found over the whole of Southern England up to The Wash and also in southern, mid and western Wales. |
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It's not unusual to see lizards basking in the sun. |
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The various flies are now on the wing. | |
Here's a Changeable Forget Me Not | |
These orchids in field one are hybrids. At first we thought they were Common Spotted, but now we think they are a hybrid between the Southern Marsh and the Heath Spotted. |
Page last updated 28th April 2008 |
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