Sustead Bioblitz

TrevorOnTour

Jul 3

*Purple Hairstreak - just one of the highlights of yesterdays FT Sustead Bioblitz*

A highly enjoyable and productive Felbeck Trust bioblitz at Sustead over Friday night and Saturday proved to be a popular event - if a little exhausting! The bat walk and moth trapping on Friday night attracted a handful of appreciative visitors - our dedicated moth-trappers only got four hours sleep! - and on Saturday we welcomed a steady trickle of members of the general public throughout the day. We are incredibly lucky in having four 'super-star' subject experts - Rob, Francis, James and Nick, who worked hard all day finding interesting stuff for us to look at and adding to our biodiversity knowledge of the site. It was also a great opportunity to test out much of the monitoring equipment we recently purchased with our grant. We're still collating the results but we know we've added new fungi, moth and bird species to our site list at the very least. The hard work of preparation, set-up and take-down was all done by our cheerful and dedicated bunch of volunteers and the lovely home baking kept us all going throughout the day. A full account of the event will be published in a special edition of the Felbeck Trust Newsletter - if you don't already get a copy you can easily be added to our mailing list - just email enquiry@felbecktrust.org.uk These events, as well as being highly informative and enjoyable, help validate all the hard work of Felbeck Trust in habitat management - caring for our countryside and protecting our precious wildlife.

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