It feels good to be back in the North East and to finally return to my patch; Arcot Pond & Grasslands. One of the soon to be 'few' wild areas of green space left in Cramlington, to cut a long story short there is proposed development in the majority of other wild areas. This is really grinding my gears at the moment so I'm trying my best not to think about the implications on local flora and fauna.
Just the whole notion of building on every available scrap of land sickens me and reminds me of the introduction of the TV show, The Animals Of Farthing Wood, in which a huge cement mixer pours concrete down upon the wood!
Enjoy it whilst you can folks it won't be long before Cramlington's wildlife corridors are no more!
After an absence of a good couple of months I returned to Arcot and what a change.
Readers of my blog will be well aware how annoyed I was that several horses of suspect origin were dumped onto my patch earlier in the year.
Well thankfully they are but a memory and after a few months of not going to my patch, I was very surprised to return to a thriving wildflower meadow! I was concerned that the massive overgrazing would destroy the growth of Dyer's Greenweed, a locally uncommon plant species which grows in abundance at Arcot. Amazingly, it's returned this year in force along with multiple Orchids and other wildflower species!
Sedge Warbler were more often seen, rather then heard around the margins of the pond and both Blue-Tailed and Common Blue Damselfly were seen, sadly no larger dragonflies were noted. I know of a few local dragon hotspots which I intend to investigate.
Its good to be back!
David
Nature North East
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| Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee? |
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| Volucella Pellucens; Doing its best impression of Linda Blair from the Exorcist! |
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| Common Spotted Orchid |
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| Common Blue Damselfly |
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| Blue-Tailed Damselfly |
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| Common Tern about to dive! |
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