Last Friday was the inaugural 'Creative Conservation' Community Science event with
Crisis members from Sheffield - consisting of a guided wildlife walk around the Millstone Edge and Padley Gorge area led by the Community Science team and Tom from the National Park Ranger Service, followed by an introduction to Community Science (and lunch stop) at Brunt's Barn near Grindleford.
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| Peacock butterfly (c) Steve Smith |
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Crisis member and photographer Steve took some pictures of some of the wildlife which was spotted, including the Community Science target species the Peacock Butterfly (above) - seen and recorded just below Millstone Edge.
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| A northern hairy wood ant nest (c) Steve Smith |
Some of the other species also seen/heard and talked about were: orange-tip butterfly; early, white-tailed and tree bumblebees; willow warbler, chiffchaff, redstart, pied flycatcher, meadow and tree pipits, stonechat, buzzard, great spotted woodpecker, northern hairy wood ants, bluebells, lesser celandine, wood sorrel and birch polypore fungus (also known as razor strop) and red kite.
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| Female pied flycatcher (c) Steve Smith |
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| Red kite (c) Steve Smith |
Thanks to Steve for sending in these great photos, and also to everyone else involved for making it a very enjoyable day.
