Field Meeting Records

Date:- 26 September 2010

BALMER LAWN AREA, NEW FOREST

Leader:- Anthea and Vernon Jones
Purpose:- Autumn wildlife in the New Forest
(Bring lunch)
Time:- 10:30 to 15:00
Attendance:- 5
Weather:- Sunny, dry but chilly

Highlights - flora
Fungi included Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill) and Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete). Lemon-scented Fern also found.
Highlights - fauna
Woodland Grasshopper recorded. No butterflies noted. Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker and Common Darter Dragonflies seen. 5 Woodlarks also seen.