Sue Morton writes:
This will be my last blog about bush crickets for this year, as sadly they don’t survive the winter.
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Bush Crickets 4
Author: WOFC
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Field Blewits
Sue Morton writes:
Some rather handsome fungi appeared in my road a couple of weeks ago, growing in the verge at the base of a lime tree.
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Grassland Fungus Foray at Boars Hill
Jonathan Noel writes:
Sunday 31 October started with heavy rain and strong winds and the outlook for a successful walk looked bleak. However, by the time I had reached our meeting point at Boars Hill the weather had turned into a beautiful autumn day. Sixteen brave souls also ventured out and we met our leader for the foray Peter Creed.
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Gibbets Close Farm
On the sunny but chilly morning of Sunday 7 November 2021, eighteen Field Club members gathered for a tour of Gibbets Close Farm, led by Neil Clennell from the Wychwood Forest Trust.
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A Very Striking Mushroom
John C. writes:
Last Sunday, inspired by Peter Creed’s talk at the 1 October meeting, we decided to visit a couple of local woods in the hope of finding some interesting fungi. The first we visited was Holly Grove, near Ramsden. Perhaps because it has been quite dry recently, we saw only a few ‘LBMs’ (Little Brown Mushrooms) until we came across an eye-catching group of small orangey mushrooms on a piece of dead wood.
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Southern Hawker
Brenda B writes:
Last Monday as it was sunny and warm I took my lunch outside to eat in the garden. My attention was soon caught by a dragonfly which was flying round the pond.
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Dry Sandford Pit Geology Walk
On Sunday 3 October, our group of eight was blessed with a warm, dry and sunny morning following the deluge of the previous day. The paths were, however, quite dry – perhaps there’s a clue in the name! We were under the expert guidance of Lesley Dunlop, who introduced us to the wonders of the Corallian succession in this former sand quarry, which is a SSSI and BBOWT reserve.
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Pond Dipping at Pinkhill
On Sunday 19 September, Jeremy Biggs, the director of the Freshwater Habitats Trust, led eighteen people on a pond dipping walk at Pinkhill meadow ponds near Farmoor Reservoir.
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Bugs and Raspberries
John C. writes:
I have a patch of autumn-fruiting raspberries at the bottom of my garden and over the past two or three years they have become very popular with some rather ugly ‘bugs’.
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Bat in Shilton Church
David R writes:
Jean found what looked like a dead bat on the carpet near the vestry when she opened our church in Shilton at 10 a.m. yesterday, 22 September.
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