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Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Creatures of The Night

When all have left and the stars shine in the firmament the reserve switches into a different gear Heres the Picture for tonight 6th April 2016 at 10 pm Tonight  looking at each compass point they of course all overlap

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This nocturnal Bronze Ground beetle was found patrolling the the Paths hunting for its prey such as slugs . It attacks them at their apeture and in turn responds by secreting copious ammounts of mucous


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With relative humidity high and marginally warmer temperatures Spiders can be seen by torchlight in the tree canopy together with Slugs and a common tree dewller the White Legged Centipede

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Also Found a March Tubic Diurma fagella an early Spring Moth

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