Residents identify wildlife

group of people on walk in Cheshunt ParkTwenty three people joined the Countryside Management Service and Park Manager on an early morning bird watching walk around Cheshunt Park. The weather was fine and over 20 different species were spotted at this, the height of the nesting season.

 

Last Saturday eleven residents took part in the Baas Hill Butterfly Walk.  Butterfly expert Andrew Middleton of Herts Butterfly Conservation helped the residents to identify eight different species of butterfly.  The night before Andrew set up a moth trap which caught three species of moth.

 

picture of a butterflyAnother free butterfly walk is scheduled to take place on Sunday 25 May at Cheshunt Park with Herts Butterfly Conservation and the Countryside Management Service. For more details contact the Parks department on 01992 775508.