An Interesting Find

Volunteers once again found themselves working in our coppice block today. We continued cutting back willow and Silver Birch as well as starting to thin some Hawthorn trees. Walking from the Field Centre down towards the lake you will see that real progress has been made clearing this area over the past few weeks.

This Gorse Shield Bug was spotted by Brian and John during the afternoon. This large shield bug is most commonly associated with Gorse, though is frequently found on other plants in habitats where Gorse is present. Early in the summer freshly emerged adults will be bright green, though as in many other shield bugs, this species frequently becomes darker prior to hibernation.

Thank you again everyone for your help.