SJ89A Debs Wallace - Manchester Wildlife

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Date: Jan 6, 2011

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A few more sightings tonight Amphibians common frogs invertebtates ram's horn snail wandering snail water slaters fresh water shrimps __________________

David Winnard

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Date: Jan 6, 2011

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Steve is merely the keeper of the records - unless he has been hiding an interest from us all . They will be just records they have been passed for that part of Rochdale, he my have more i will email me him and see. Dave __________________ *Discover the Wild*

Debs Wallace

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Date: Jan 6, 2011

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Thanks for that info Dave, I have looked and that lichen is not on the list. You said that the Rochdale list was provided by Steve Atkins - does that mean that he recorded them and knows about lichens??? - If yes - let me at him - I need his brain. Paul, when I went into Nan nook woods on Monday there was a lot of "landscaping" work going on, big woodchip path creation, log steps, little bridges and some tree felling. No sign of fly tipping in the part that I was in but I didn't hang about as it was starting to get a bit dark and it didn't strike me as being the safest place to be on my own when it was getting a bit dark. I think that I heard a Great spotted woodpecker calling (not drumming) but I am not positive so I didn't record it (I need to improve my ability to I.D. birds from calls and songs). I will keep my eyes peeled for Lesser spots over the winter as I assume they must be much more difficult to see once the trees come into leaf. If you fancy a walk round your old patch give me a shout, there is some good fungi spotting to be had. __________________

paul heaton

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Date: Jan 6, 2011

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Nan nook woods, has over the last few years been spoiled by flytippers, not seen the Lessers for a few years, in fact last time they were over by the bowling green. Wythenshawe park is huge under-watched area I used to cover it in the 80,s. keep hunting __________________

David Winnard

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Date: Jan 5, 2011

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Great Stuff Debs, There is a list of recorded Lichens for Rochdale on the Species List section of the forum, by no means extensive - link here. http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=123878&p=3&topicID=30036572 hope it helps Dave -- Edited by David Winnard on Wednesday 5th of January 2011 10:18:13 PM __________________ *Discover the Wild*

Debs Wallace

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Date: Jan 5, 2011

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Total sightings from a walk round some of the tetrad 3.1.11 and other miscellaneous sighting from the garden (and the house - the blue bottle lead me a merry dance fro 20 minutes until I could contain it and I.D. it) Birds (33) coal tit blue tit great tit long tailed tit common gull lesser black back gull black headed gull moor hen coot mallard Canada goose teal chaffinch bullfinch gold finch siskin red poll house sparrow dunnock black bird song thrush redwing robin carrion crow magpie jay wren starling woodpigeon collared dove feral pigeon kestrel sparrowhawk Mammals (2) Brown rat Grey squirrel Invertebrates (3) banded snail (probably white lipped) blue bottle house spider Fungi (17) Birch polypore Tar spot Turkey tail Hairy curtain crust Coral spot Hairy bracket Blushing bracket Common jelly spot Candle snuff Stump puff balls (very gone over) Elder whitewash Silver leaf Lumpy bracket Cramp balls Velvet shank Crystal brain Cylindrobasidium laeve Plants, trees, shrubs etc (33) creeping buttercup bramble ivy wood avens hedge garlic lords and ladies cleavers dandelion ragwort honesty broad leaved dock nettle foxglove Japanese knotweed common male fern pendulous sedge ribwort plantain privet ash hazel blackthorn hawthorn alder birch horse chestnut beech aspen holly dogwood elder snow berry gorse dog rose Lichen (3) Physcia tenella Xanthoria parientia Ochrolechia tartarea * Anyone know of lichen records for GM? - I have found this recorded for Scotland on the internet. I think that this I.D. is right but I am not certain. __________________

IanB

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Date: Nov 30, 2010

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Nice one debs This jape is about that area not numbers. Every area has some little thing waiting to be discovered. Can't wait. The metro line stuff might through up stuff from the historical seed bank. Keep looking __________________ tetrad challenge total 1005 latest mimesa equestris wasp Andricus quercuscalicis Knopper oak gall wasp carrot

Henry Cook

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Date: Nov 29, 2010

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A good tetrad Debs. Chorlton Water Park should through up some interesting sightings in particular during the year. I wonder if Nan Nook Wood still has it's Lesser Spotted Woodpecker? No doubt a target species and a half! Will be searching for it myself so if it's found will let you know. Thanks. Henry. __________________ *SJ79K 2011 Wildlife Total - 542* (Latest additions - Perennial Coneflower, Red Bartsia, Wild Oat)

Debs Wallace

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Date: Nov 28, 2010

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This tetrad has a wooded part of Wythenshaw Park (Nan Nook Wood), about a quarter of Chorlton Water Park, Sale Golf Course, a small section of the River Mersey, some playing fields, small farms / small holdings, stables and a little bit of what I would call Kenworthy woods. All that lot only covers less than a third of the tetrad, the rest being roads, houses and gardens, with my house and my garden included. Also during early 2011 until mid 2016 a new Metro line is going to be built which will run right through the middle of SJ89A, across the Mersey and into Chorlton. __________________

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