{"id":299,"date":"2009-05-31T14:16:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T19:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2009-07-15T03:36:24","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T08:36:24","slug":"dry-sandford-pit-parsonage-moor-31st-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/dry-sandford-pit-parsonage-moor-31st-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Sandford Pit &#038; Parsonage Moor &#8211; 31st May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>On Sunday 31st May, Malcolm Storey led a field trip to the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust\u2019s Dry Sandford nature reserve near Abingdon. The target species were solitary bees and wasps, which mine into the exposed sides of the former sand pit. A small ginger moth on Common Bird\u2019s-foot Trefoil was later identified from photographs as Rannoch Looper \u2013 a new species for VC22 Berkshire. A web on a spindle bush contained the white caterpillars of the Spindle Ermine moth. A few Painted Lady butterflies were seen, stragglers from the mass invasion of the previous week. At the nearby Parsonage Moor reserve, rare fen flowers were found, including the insectivorous Common Butterwort, Marsh Lousewort, Marsh Valerian and Southern Marsh Orchid.<span> <\/span>A Cuckoo was heard calling nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-299 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/drysandfordpit.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/drysandfordpit-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-346\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-346'>\n\t\t\t\tDry Sandford Pit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/people2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/people2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-347\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-347'>\n\t\t\t\tRDNHS members\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/rannochlooper1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/rannochlooper1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-348\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-348'>\n\t\t\t\tRannoch Looper\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/southernmarshorchid.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/southernmarshorchid-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-349'>\n\t\t\t\tSouthern Marsh Orchid\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spindleerminecaterpillars.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spindleerminecaterpillars-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-350'>\n\t\t\t\tSpindle Ermine caterpillars\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Dry Sandford Pit \u00a0SU468995<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hart\u2019s-tongue Fern \u00a0<em>Phyllitis scolopendrium <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marsh-marigold \u00a0<em>Caltha palustris <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Barberry \u00a0<em>Berberis vulgaris <\/em><\/p>\n<p>White Campion \u00a0<em>Silene latifolia <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Red Campion \u00a0<em>Silene dioica <\/em><\/p>\n<p>White x Red Campion hybrid \u00a0<em>Silene x hampeana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bladder Campion \u00a0<em>Silene vulgaris <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Amphibious Bistort \u00a0<em>Persicaria amphibia <\/em><\/p>\n<p>White Bryony \u00a0<em>Bryonia dioica <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wild Mignonette \u00a0<em>Reseda lutea <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Weld \u00a0<em>Reseda 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