August 2021 Update
Who could argue with Byron: “the English winter-ending in July to recommence in August”?Attention...
Latest news of West Manley Lane
Undercover of a wet cold May, a few precious summer visitors attempted to establish themselves in...
April 2021 Spring Update
April 2021 update…”And the Spring comes slowly up this way” bringing with it...
The State of Nature Report 2013
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This report was based on data provided by 25 conservation groups. It found that 60% of plant and animal species had declined in the past 50 years - and that one in ten was now facing extinction including the Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly below.
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, Caterpillar and Chrysalis Aglais urticae, Nettle Urtica dioica. "Papilio Urticae, Tortoise-shell Butterfly". Watercolour. Artist: Katherine Plymley. Shrewsbury Museums Service (PLYMLEY: 018).
It is rare to see large 'clumps' of nettles in fields and meadows these days but one field off of West Manley Lane has some but sadly this field is due to be built on!
03 June 2013