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than usual influx of painted lady. Perhaps 2024 BERE REGIS
will be the same? The foodplant for the
caterpillars is most commonly thistle species. SURGERY NEWS
Thistles are absolutely fantastic for a number of
pollinators. As many of you will know, our long
serving Receptionist, Lorraine recently
Zombie fungi?! retired after working at the Surgery for
over 20 years. We would like to take
Nature is truly beautiful and yet also had a dark this opportunity to wish her a long and
side. Ophiocordyceps are a species of fungi happy retirement.
which infect a wide variety of insects including butterflies, moths, ants and flies.
Many are said to perform “mind control” on their host, acting as puppeteers We now have a full complement of staff. Rebecca has joined our nurse team,
positioning the zombies to infect others. A thicket of spiky tendrils in the form of Rhianna, our new Dispenser, Anisa our Pharmacist and Margaret and Kimberley in
mushroom fruiting bodies emerge from the bodies of invertebrates. This looks to Reception.
be the case for an unfortunate insect, possibly a yellow dung fly. We didn’t spot Only order what you need …
any others nearby, but it looks like this individual certainly had an unpleasant
rd
ending! From 3 June there will be a new campaign to encourage patients to only order
the medication they need for the following month. This campaign which is being
If you would like to get in touch, then please email me: Daisy Meadowcroft run by NHS Dorset aims to reduce the amount of medication which is wasted
dmeadowcroft@dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk each year. Posters and reminders follow soon

FIRST THURSDAY CLUB

(AUTUMN LEAVES)

Our May meeting
was a talk on real
Dorset by Jon
Woolcott. This was
a talk based in his book Real Dorset. And he took
us on a brief tour about this adventures and
discoveries when researching his book.
He told us of book called the highways and
byways of Dorset by Sir Frederick Treves, surgeon to
the Elephant Man and the King. He wrote about
Dorset and it was interesting to re-visit some of the
places mentioned in the earlier book. I was
fascinated by the tale of Holnest church. We
heard how Mr. Drax a Member of Parliament of the
time built a Mausoleum at the church for his final
resting place. This building was bigger than the

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