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Guided Walk at Ancell’s Farm – Dragonflies

Walks

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust are running a guided walk at Ancell’s Farm on Sunday 10 August, which will explore the hidden lives of these fascinating insects. The walk will run from 10.30am – 12pm. For further details, please contact Oliver Hine on 01256 381190. Suggested donation £1.50. Dogs on leads are welcome!

Ancells Farm, near Fleet, is notable for its population of Small Red Damselflies. This is a nationally rare damselfly but it is quite common at Ancells Farm. It has a rather weak, fluttering flight and tends to fly low over vegetation. It can be seen amongst the Bog Myrtle on the fringes of the pond between June and September.

Picture taken from Wikipedia (courtesy of Piet Spaans) and it’s use is covered by a Creative Commons Licence.

Air Ambulance at Fleet Pond!

Miscellaneous

A helicopter landed at Sandy Bay late this morning in response to an emergency call, after first and unsuccessfully trying to land in the Fugelmere area of Fleet Pond – quite a tricky endeavour! The Surrey Air Ambulance was transporting paramedics to an emergency in Pondtail.

The impressive picture was taken by Fleet Pond Society Chairman Colin Gray who happened to be in the area inspecting the work site for the Eli Lilly volunteers visit on the 30th July (see post). The landing must have been quite a surprise!