Comments for Reading & District Natural History Society http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog promoting the study of Natural History since 1881 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:20:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on College Lake - 26th June 2010 by Denise Thornton http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/?p=869&cpage=1#comment-468 Denise Thornton Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:57:29 +0000 http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/?p=869#comment-468 Your outing sounds wonderful. How fondly I remember the countryside walks I took when I was fortunate enough to visit England a few years ago. I just wanted to say, that I see wild parsnip on your list of sitings, and I want to make sure you know not to keep your distance from this one. It can do real damage to your skin. Check out a recent post I wrote about this green menace. http://digginginthedriftless.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/wild-parsnip-beware-the-green-meany/ Thanks for bringing back great memories, Denise Thornton Your outing sounds wonderful. How fondly I remember the countryside walks I took when I was fortunate enough to visit England a few years ago.
I just wanted to say, that I see wild parsnip on your list of sitings, and I want to make sure you know not to keep your distance from this one. It can do real damage to your skin.
Check out a recent post I wrote about this green menace.
http://digginginthedriftless.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/wild-parsnip-beware-the-green-meany/

Thanks for bringing back great memories,
Denise Thornton

]]> Comment on Slow-worm success - 6th April 2009 by Harriet Townsend http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/?p=54&cpage=1#comment-6 Harriet Townsend Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:02:56 +0000 http://rdnhs.org.uk/blog/?p=54#comment-6 Just seen a slow worm in Palmer Park, Reading. 30cm bronze and shiny, followed it closely for about 2 metres until it went into undergrowth. This year for the first time a large area of the Park has been left unmown and the resulting variety of long grasses is delightful. Maybe this is why i have seen the slow worm this year. Just seen a slow worm in Palmer Park, Reading. 30cm bronze and shiny, followed it closely for about 2 metres until it went into undergrowth. This year for the first time a large area of the Park has been left unmown and the resulting variety of long grasses is delightful. Maybe this is why i have seen the slow worm this year.

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