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*****SWAAG_ID***** | 27 |
Date Entered | 09/01/2011 |
Updated on | 10/12/2016 |
Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
Category | Flower / Plant Record |
Record Type | Botanical HER |
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Site Access | Public Footpath |
Record Date | 30/09/2010 |
Location | River Swale at Hoggarths |
Civil Parish | Muker |
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Geology | Namurial Shales and sandstones |
Record Name | Red Admiral Butterfly and a Noon Fly feeding on the sap exuded from a ripe downy rose hip |
Record Description | Red Admiral feeding on the sap exuded from a ripe rose hip (Downy Rose,Rosa tomentosa group) together with a Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana).
At the side of a track by the river bank. |
Dimensions | See photo |
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Tree Site ID | 0 |
Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
Additional Notes | The downy rose is almost as common as the Dog Rose in Upper Swaledale. Reference: Deborah Millward, 1988.'A flora of Wensleydale.' The Yoredale Natural History Society. |
Image 1 ID | 35 Click image to enlarge |
Image 1 Description | Red Admiral feeding on the sap exuded from a ripe rose hip together with a Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana) | |