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REPORTS OF MEETINGS
GENERAL MEETING AT ROXWELL, 16TH APRIL, 1989
A meeting was held at Roxwell in conjunction
with the "Roxwell Revealed" exercise, a year
long survey of village wildlife. The Field
Club's brief was to examine ponds in the
area. The weather was cold and windy with
some rain which kept much of the wildlife out
of sight. We first examined the stretch of
the Roxwell brook running through the
village. Then on foot moved to visit two
ponds at Tye Hall Farm, where the farmer, Mr.
Heywood, showed us round. From here the party
drove by car to Skreens Park, where, after some
further pond dipping, lunch was taken by the
lake. In the afternoon a circular footpath
walk was taken to explore some small woods and
look at one more small pond. Fallow Deer and
Badger tracks were found in the area and a list
of aquatic species is given as fol lows:-
Triturus vulgaris (Common Newt)
3 in Tye Hall Pond
Hirudinea
2 species of leech
(1 in stream and 1 in lake)
Crustacea
In lake and stream - Asellus aquaticus -
Water Louse
In stream — Gammarus pulex — Freshwater
Shrimp