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Under the Boardwalk

12/5/2011

 
Like a massive muppet, I left the house today with all my fancy camera kit to record the day’s events, only to find the camera’s card was still sat on my desk at home. Never mind, had a great day out at the Wolseley Centre helping out Staffordhire Wildlife Trust, recording it on my phone. Then I went onto Cannock Chase to pedal round the MTB trail where I saw a couple of Jays foraging and had a close encounter with a small herd of Red Deer hinds - very nice. In return for my assistance with the publicity for the Wildlife Trusts new boardwalk project they promised to help me find an adder as I have never seen one before. Jim Stewart from the Forestry Commission was just the man. Even though it’s a little late for adder spotting he managed to show me two females - well, he saw the first and I saw half of the second! They are so camouflaged that it’s only when they move that you get to see where they are. Next March I shall get out to this hotspot to get some photos of the flashy males. I did get to see a sizeable grass snake in one of the horse manure compost heaps that the commission place in the chase to encourage them to breed. Goes to show they really work.

Anyway I am a fully paid up member of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust now and will hopefully be getting out on a few more days such as this.

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