Mansfield & Ashfield Local Members Group
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
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Pond Dipping – Tippings Wood
August 2005
It was a barmy evening – sorry I’ll start that again. It was a balmy evening in August. We met at a picnic site near Blidworth ( and managed to get everyone at the same meeting point this time!). Our leader was John Woods again and he was armed with nets and species guides and poems. The pond did not look very inspiring at first but as we dipped many squiggly beasts emerged into our trays. I managed to identify leech, water boatmen, various larvae, tadpole and snails. There were also toad, mosquito larvae and scorpion larvae. We had a fascinating insight to a different world. We heard larger fish jumping but I did not manage to spot them – rumours of carp and pike! We also walked over the rest of the site which is a large area of restored pit tip. There are lovely views and the sunset was wonderful. Learnt the difference between pendicular and sessile oak (stem on the leaf and no stem on the acorn makes it sessile, stem on the acorn and not on the leaf makes it pendicular) and heard a poem about Mike the Mallard. The volunteers that work in that area have achieved a great deal. It is a wonderful area for a variety of habitats. And we ended with a wonderful Sunset!
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