Monday
28th February 2005 Broadstairs to Ramsgate Harbour
Hopefully today's news is not that significant. I
walked along the coast from Broadstairs to Ramsgate Harbour. Apart from the
bizarre experience of watching a Buff-tailed Bumble-bee flying in the
snow showers, it was the spectacle of thousands of dead and dying crabs
(mainly Velvet Swimming Crabs, I think?) washed up along the
shoreline that provided a bit of mystery. Knowing the state of the moon
these could be post breeding fatalities otherwise they are a result of a far
more worrying pollution incident. Naomi, at The Thanet Coastal Project, has
been notified and we will post news of her findings when we receive them.
Samples are to be sent away for post mortem examinations. (Dylan)
Monday
28th February 2005
Northdown Park
& Mocketts Wood
Cow Parsley in
flower Northdown Park Margate, Butcher’s Broom in Mocketts wood St
Peters Broadstairs. Ivy-leaved Toadflax in flower
on a number of walls across Thanet, together with Hairy Bittercress
(the latter also in gardens/cracks in pavements etc). Common garden ‘weeds’
such as Red Dead-nettle, Groundsel, Chickweed, Annual Mercury and
Dandelion can all readily be found. Thanet’s rather impoverished Fern
flora is well represented at a few locations, with Hart’s Tongue, Black
Spleenwort, Intermediate Polybody and Wall Rue (easy to overlook
if not familiar with this species as rather un-fern like) growing on a
number of walls. (F Solly)
Monday
14th February 2005 Foreness Point
The
only positive to come from today's visit to Foreness Point was the
opportunity to watch a Weasel hunting the cliff-top besides the
pumping station. (Dylan)
Friday 11th February 2005
North Foreland
I came across several nice clusters of Sweet Violet (Viola
odorata) along the clifftop at North Foreland this morning.
(Dylan)
Friday 11th February 2005 Late
News
Thursday 10th February 2005
Late News Common Frog
Wile walking to the pub for a pool match, there was a
Common Frog which i nearly stood on the footpath along St Luke’s
Avenue Ramsgate, so i picked it up and put it on the nearby lawn. (Craig S)
Thursday 10th
February 2005 King George VI Park
Hart's Tongue Fern (Phyllitis scolopendrium)
- growing in the wall by the main entrance to King George VI Park, beyond
the tennis courts in Montefiore Avenue.
(Dylan)
Thursday 10th
February 2005 Dumpton Garden Thanet
Sitting in the lounge having lunch today we
observed a Wood Mouse feeding on bird seed and peanuts under the
bird feeding station in the log pile, I will try and get a photo of this
fellow over the weekend. (Gadget
Wednesday 2nd February 2005
River Stour
I did go round to have a look at the River Stour behind
Pfizer Sports Ground. There was a party of 9 Common Seals (3 male & 6
female) hauled out on the mud looking towards the river mouth. I was able to
get within 150m of them without any signs of disturbance, in fact I had to
clap my hands to make them wake up long enough to get the picture!(Dylan)
