Bug Day
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Today we were lucky enough to have Roger Key, who was the Senior Entomologist for Natural England, visit for the day. He gave two lectures during the morning looking at how habitats can be managed for invertebrate fauna. Then after lunch he took us out to look at some of the habitats around the reserve, which he was very impressed with! Thank you to Roger for putting on this very enjoyable and informative day.
Brian found this spider in its nest made of grass seeds and at least one wing of its prey, spun together with silk. If you look closely you can see its striped legs which helped Roger to identify it as Araneus quadratus, one of the orb web spiders.
