Saturday February 12th : The Backwarden EWT Reserve. A gloriously warm and sunny afternoon for our work party. The first gentle warmth of the spring is good for the bones! A careful search of a nearby hibernaculum revealed a single Slow-worm basking in a sunny spot on the bank, but no Adders as yet. The sun rays near where we were working were full of Aspen pollen, shed from the overhanging catkins, and the Alders too are now in full flower.
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The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more