Field Meeting Records

The Wild Grounds and Alver Valley, Gosport

Date:- 31 May 2009
Time:- 10:30 to 15:30
Leader:- John Norton & Phil Budd
Purpose:- General Wildlife
Attendance:- 12
Weather:- Sunny and hot

Flora
Scaly Male Fern and Burrowing Clover new to The Wildgrounds and Royal Fern, Grass Vetchling & Climbing Corydalis also of interest.
Fauna
Emperor & Black-tailed Skimmer Dragonflies seen, several butterflies and larva & pupa of 6-spot Burnet. An unusual Hymenopteran gathering on reed stems thought to be Reed Stem Borer Cephus arundinis.