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January 2021 January 2021

BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND
ENVIRONMENT GROUP

A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all and let’s hope that
the Covid restrictions may be lifted in the coming
months. In the meantime, do enjoy what nature has to
offer, be it sunrises and sunsets or birds we may see
from our windows or the fantastic variety of natural
sights we have around the Parish.

Let Us Know What Wildlife You Have Seen

Now in the depths of winter is the time to have a look at mosses and lichens. Both
of these plant forms thrive in the current damp cool conditions. There are a vast
number of both plant types – 12,000 species of mosses and 17,000 lichens
worldwide.
We see them together everywhere and often don’t notice them, particularly in
woods, on dead and living branches; old stone walls; and even garden benches.

Mosses are true simple plants that have basic root systems and small leaves as
can be seen when magnified as shown in these pictures. Lichen are a mix of a
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