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Samantha’s Nature Diary

  1. Close Encounters With the Purple Hairstreak. – 29th June, 2025
  2. Willow Emerald Damselflies – 25th August 2025
  3. Tawny Owls
  4. Fieldfares

Recent Posts

  • Next Meeting – Sunday May 10th 2026 at Thorpe Marsh NNR for Spring Walk 4 May 2026
  • Next Meeting – Thursday 7th May 2026 to Kings Wood & Gally Hills 4 May 2026
  • Next Meeting – Sunday May 3rd 2026 Dawn Chorus 4.30 am 29 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Sunday 26th April 2026 to Rossington Colliery Tip 21 April 2026
  • Next Meeting – Monday 20th April 2026 to Broomhill Flash 10:30am 14 April 2026

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Fungi Syrphus ribesii - NT Clumber Park

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Slideshow

1 From Sowerby’s English Botany (1796) Anthomyiid Fly - Botanophila fugax, Sherwood Forest, Notts Middlefield Rd. DNS Centenary Meeting 1880-1980 Page 2 1992 - Thorne Moor. Left Tom, Right Derek Allan, centre unknown. Cucumber spider, Araniella sp., Thorne Moor. Myrmica-sp. (possibly M. rubra) Aceria silvicola on Bramble, Lindrick Common. Craniophora ligustri - The Coronet, Austerfield. Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyrimidalis), Edlington Pit Wood.
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