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Dry Drayton Nature Notes - October

 

Here we will build a collection of monthly nature notes for Dry Drayton. At the moment the page has minimal information - this will build in coming months. You will find here information about regular and more unusual sightings of Parish flora and fauna. Please send us your sightings to add to these pages or send your local wildlife queries to us.

 

Dry Drayton Nature Notes for: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

 

John Clare, The Shepherd's Calendar 1827

The mushroom buttons each moist morning brings
Like spots of snow in the green tawney rings
And fuzz balls swelld like bladders in the grass
Which oft the merry laughing milking lass
Will stoop to gather in her sportive airs

Flora Berries are seen on the Hawthorns.
Insects and Spiders

Some sightings of butterflies still possible depending on the weather - look out for late flying: Clouded Yellow, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Small Copper.

Amphibians and Reptiles  
Birds

Redwings are visitors from the North this month.

Blackbird, Robin, Songthrush, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Starling, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Wood Pigeon, Crow, Rook, Magpie, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Pheasant, Red legged partridge, are all to be seen.

50 migrating Redwing recorded in Dry Drayton Oct 17th 2012 (Cambridge Bird Club 2012 Annual Report)
A Firecrest was seen in the village on 18 October and 25 November 2017 (Cambridge Bird Club Annual Report 2017)

Mammals

Muntjac deer can often be seen on the road verge between Madingley and Dry Drayton. Foxes are more often smelt than seen. Badgers are here, but a rarer sight. Squirrels and Rabbits are much in evidence. A small number of black mutations of the grey squirrel can be seen in the village.

 

Dry Drayton Nature Notes for: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

 

Species Lists for Dry Drayton: Flowering plants and ferns | Fungi | Insects and spiders | Amphibians and reptiles | Birds | Mammals

 

Nature Notes on: The Dry Drayton Environment and Change | Flora | Insects and spiders | Amphibians and reptiles | Birds | Mammals