Wildlife surveys for 2023 - 2025
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- Jan 27, 2024
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Updated: Jun 5
The Folly Lane Allotment Group decided at their AGM in January 2023 to encourage the promotion of biodiversity on the site. It was agreed that we should assess the current biodiversity and since then annual surveys have been organised.
For many years Malcolm Hull has been surveying the site for butterflies and day flying moths and has written a blog on his findings, see the link below.
Following on from Malcolm’s example, Liz Leicester has sought other experts of different animal and plant groups to carry out surveys. For three years so far reports have been created showing these results and most have been recorded on iRecord. All have been carried out by experts in their field including some County Recorders (people appointed as experts in their chosen animal or plant group for this locality). See the links below for the results in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Ways you can help with this on going project:
Is there anyone who is recording wildlife or climate data on their plot on a regular basis? Would you be prepared to share this information?
If you see wildlife of interest it would be great to collect such information. I know plot holders have seen lesser stag beetles, newts, toads etc. It would be very useful to have a record with the following details: location, date, identifying photo, name, reporter’s name.
Join the surveys where you can. The more people we have the more evidence we can collect.
Join the allotment WhatsApp group to ease reporting by sending your mobile number to the WhatsApp administrator.
If you have any queries please contact Liz Leicester
on 07962 426194 or Liz.leicester2@gmail.com
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