LENS LENS Long Eaton Natural Wildlife History Society Watch Autumn 2015 Volume 2 Issue 16 CONSERVATION AREA STATUS FOR TRENT LOCK Inside this issue: Trent Lock/Toton 1 Fayre LES Ecoday/Derby 2 Museum Nature Gallery/Barkers Pond Partial Eclipse Sun 3 Forbes Hole LNR 4-5 Caddis 6-7 Summer Outings 8-23 New Trees for West 24 Park Creeping Plants 25 Reptiles 25 Erewash Canal at Trent Lock Marion Bryce Bumblebee Transects 25 Popular tourist spot Trent Lock at Sawley is one of four best sites to see plants in Derbyshire Trowell Marsh LNR 26 according to the recently published Derbyshire Flora. The River Trent corridor and its marshes Future events 26 and pools are a stronghold for a number of wetland plants such as purple loosestrife, common Contact details clubrush and nodding bur-marigold. Short walks lead to varied sites of botanical interest: The floodbanks to see spiny restharrow and field mousear; the Erewash Canal to see flowering rush and yellow water lily and Derbyshire Wildlife’s Trust’s Ash Tip Nature Reserve to see wood small -reed. The car park is free! Erewash Borough Council are currently considering awarding con- Report wildlife servation area status to Trent Lock to protect its heritage and history so have your say. records including mammal records for inclusion in the new LENS AT TOTON MEDIAEVAL FAYRE Nottinghamshire Mammal Atlas to Marion, Derek and Alan LENS Recorder Marion Bryce and set up LENS stall with a Alan Heath in LENSnaturalhisto- theme of lichens and front of LENS
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