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Nature Guernsey will be at Le Grand Pré later this month and there will be plenty to see: bugs, butterflies and damselflies. Work was carried out last year to recreate more wet areas with muddy margins where damselflies and drsagonflies lay their eggs. Numbers have declined locally, in part due to loss of habitat. LaContinue reading “Le Grand Pré”

Finally I put out my moth trap last night. The reward this morning was 17 species, including Buff Tip. This is a favourite moth – you look at it and wonder how it can be a moth as it looks just like a bit of broken birch twig. Camouflage at its sneaky best. It alsoContinue reading “Tuesday, 3 May, Moths at Last”

Crabs and Crocks at Cow Bay by Castle Cornet, an event put on by La Societe – great fun and lots of wildlife. Helpers Trevor and Andy admire Liz ‘Octopus’ Sweet’s headgear. Meanwhile, Becky, Education and Conservation Leader, gets organised with the clipboards and reference books. Eelgrass, a flowering plant, hugely important for marine ecosystems,Continue reading “Saturday 2 April, Nature Guernsey”