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j gaughan
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Posted: 30 May 2003 at 2:05am |
Visited two recently burnt Surrey sites yesterday at oppersite ends of the scale; firstly, Pirbright Ranges, where the whole 2,400 acres went up last month save a scattering of odd veg islands. It was encouraging to find 5 imm's, the new colonisers, on a heather-fringed, burnt hill overlooking the entire site. The other was 8 hectares of Frensham, from the day before, with firemen still damping down. We translocated 9 LV (incl 5 imm's) and a Pygmy Shrew from under burnt log piles _ only 2 dead AF males found. Depressing and rewarding at the same time.
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the 'frensham' fire reported above was 'not' actually on that common, but on nearby heathland.
june 4th : with a pair of carrion crows picking over the area, moved 14 LV (incl 2 imms) & 2 TH; also met the ranger who was there until 8 pm the previous night 'still damping down' smouldering peat in the trees, where it's believed children started it _the fire being 1st reported 26th may; he had a dead CA ad. earlier in the week and on a positive note, a living one turned up the day before (h. inns). with 'pirbright's' biggest 'total' burn for 25 yrs, we were really pleased to hear that it missed a peripheral area of 30 plus yr old habitat, already tinned for CA, which we hope is an outpost for this historic site _time will tell |
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