QUODITCH EDUCATION DEVON
QUODITCH MOOR NATURE RESERVE
Field Four was woodland until a few years ago. So fresh scrub is always growing. It's important to keep it grazed.
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QUODITCH EDUCATION DEVON QUODITCH MOOR NATURE RESERVE
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Field Four was woodland until a few years ago. So fresh scrub is always growing. It's important to keep it grazed. |
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| During the summer in field four you can see lots of butterflies and moths, so its only natural that at the right time of the year there are caterpillars. In October there are lots of caterpillars of the Oak Eggar Moth (Lasiocampa Quercus - (family Lasiocampa)) |
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This is what they look like before they go into hibernation for the winter. |
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Here's another fungus. This is Blushing Bracket Fungus (Polyporus) on a tree stump in the fourth enclosure |
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Field
five is mainly woodland, but there's still plenty to see.
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| If you are very quiet you might spot some of the red and roe deer that we have. They're very timid and tend to shelter about twenty feet back from the clearings so that they can see what is going on. | |
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We spotted these Red Deer in the neighbour's field. Some times there are at least a dozen grazing, but the problem is getting close enough to photograph them. |
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There is a particularly
good clump of chanterelles (Cantharellus
Cibarius) over in the west corner.
Fungus afficionados say these are particularly good to eat. They taste like mushrooms but have a much more subtle taste and a different aftertaste. When picked they have a wonderful fragrance similar to that of fresh apricots. We don't pick very many, but even the slugs find them tasty. |
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In the woodland there is an excellent example of Green Wood Cup. (Chlorociboria aeruginascens) |
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Well, that's all there is to show you at the moment. If you would like to see what the land looks like another in another month then return to our WALKS PAGE Page last updated 13th June 2009
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