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Another year ending Sunday 30th December 2018

Well so far it's not a lot like winter, Christmas has gone and the New Year beckons, what it will bring.... no one can foretell, but whatever it is lets hope for the best. 2018 has been a mixed year with lots of high points, getting paid to do what I love, and the low points of family tragedy. Having spent less time on the local nature reserves doesn't mean they have been neglected, far from it's just that each visit has been better quality, and with more maintenance being done by contractors those visits have been spent recording and monitoring. Some early observations have not been good, NO Strandline Beetles recorded in 2018, much lower numbers of Common Lizard and Slow Worm, and NO Grass Snakes. On the flip side butterfly numbers were higher than 2017, although I'm still waiting for the detail from the surveys carried out. No doubt the weather during late winter and early spring affected the reptiles and of course that heatwave influenced the butterflies, what