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Tag: Moor Copse

Serious flooding at Moor Copse

ChrisRPosted onMarch 31, 2013August 4, 2020

Stopped in at Moor Copse on the way home today to check out how high the river is. Well, the answer is – VERY! Tidmarsh…

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Moor Copse & Pamber Forest

ChrisRPosted onJune 26, 2011June 29, 2011

Today was an absolutely glorious 28C and sunny (without a gale-force wind!) so I headed out for Moor Copse to see what I could find.…

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A Spring walk round Moor Copse

ChrisRPosted onApril 2, 2011April 2, 2011

There was less sun than the weather forecast had promised but it was still quite a mild day (18C) so I went for a troll…

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Moor Copse – 31st July 2010

ChrisRPosted onAugust 1, 2010May 2, 2011

Funny field-trip today – started badly when I discovered that the Wildlife Trust had put cows into the only field with a decent patch of…

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Moor Copse – 17th July 2010

ChrisRPosted onJuly 17, 2010July 18, 2010

The cloud too a long time to clear so I only got out to Moor Copse after 2pm. Still, the insects didn’t seem to matter…

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Moor Copse – 3rd July 3020

ChrisRPosted onJuly 3, 2010May 2, 2011

I braved clouds of Cleg flies at Moor Copse today to take some photos and catch some flies. Saw lots of Dinera grisescens and Phasia…

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Moor Copse – 12th June 2010

ChrisRPosted onJune 12, 2010June 12, 2010

Just a few tachinids today – lots of ragged Zophomyia temula and a few Tachina fera but no sign of any Eurithia yet. One nice…

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Moor Copse – 25th May 2010

ChrisRPosted onMay 25, 2010May 25, 2010

Today the weather has been sunny but not as hot as the previous 3 days so this lunchtime I popped down to Moor Copse to…

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Moor Copse – the Pang in full spate

ChrisRPosted onDecember 6, 2009December 6, 2009

I took these photos today on my constitutional, of the river Pang in full spate after the recent rains – quite impressive!

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Moor Copse – 15th November 2009

ChrisRPosted onNovember 15, 2009

For my Sunday constitutional walk I went over to Moor Copse again. The storm-force winds of the previous 2 days and night had abated and…

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Moor Copse – 11-12 July 2009

ChrisRPosted onJuly 12, 2009October 5, 2009

I made 2 quick visits to Moor Copse this weekend – the first was in light drizzle and the second was in full sun. On…

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Bombus hypnorum at Moor Copse

ChrisRPosted onJune 14, 2009July 12, 2009

In the afternoon I decided to head out to one of my favourite local nature reserves – Moor Copse. Despite being pestered by clegg flies…

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