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February 2020 February 2020

BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND
ENVIRONMENT GROUP

Spring
We may have a way to go to shrug off winter, but
there are already promising signs of Spring – early
bulbs are starting to flower, be they garden bulbs such
as snowdrops or native bulbs such as the yellow
flowering lesser celandine; catkins are showing in the hedgerows and it shan’t be
long until ponds have frog spawn in them – let us know where you see it. If we
have some warm days there may even be some early butterflies on the wing this
month, such as Brimstone, Orange Tip, Peacock or Red Admiral – again, please
tell us what you’ve seen.

January’s Conservation Working Party
A great group of our trusty volunteers turned out on a lovely morning in early
January to coppice some trees alongside the river. With the trees coppiced more
light will be able to reach the stream and allow river flora to flourish including the

Dorchester

Framing

Picture and framing service
with a wide selection of
mounts and frames.
Open most days but best
call first before making a
special trip.
joan@dorchesterframing.com

The Old School House
Tincleton DT2 8QR pretty Water Crowfoot – look out for its floating green strands and white flowers in
the coming months! We used the cut timber to lay a path through the boggy
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areas by the stream between Shitterton and the Jubilee bridges.

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