Moor Green Lakes Group

07/09/2026

A successful moth trapping at Moor Green on Friday night. 17 species in total, including September Thorn. We live in times when all pollinators are in trouble but particularly moths, thought to be due to agricultural nitrogen use depleting biodiversity of meadows and the moth host plants. So it is nice to see this doing well at Moor Green.

31/08/2026

With the change in the weather, dragonflies are quietly slipping away. But not all are dying off with the season. Some are being eaten by other dragonflies. A damselfly being eaten by a black tailed skimmer

31/07/2026

We are grateful to Jane for her video with a thermal camera of bats flying over Moor Green in the dusk.

21/07/2026

Just when you think you have sorted out the Banded from the Beautiful Demoiselles on the Blackwater and the males from the females, you see this ( on the Blackwater at Moor Green yesterday). A male banded attempting to mate with another male. "Mis cops" as they are politely known are often seen between different species, especially of damselflies, probably because we see more of them than true dragonflies. Sometimes the mis match can be startling to human eyes, like between emeralds and a red species. But a male male mis cop seems relatively uncommon. Here is your defence you have mis identified a dragonfly - even the dragons get it wrong occasionally!

21/07/2026

MGLG work party volunteers are planning to repair the fencing in the car park on Tuesday 28th July.

As a result, the car park will be closed until the work party begins at 10.30am and we would hope to have completed it by about 3.30pm.

After 10.30am there may be some limited parking for members only, but it would be much appreciated if you could avoid visiting that day.

Please check the website for the very latest updates. www.mglg.org.uk

Thank you for your understanding.

If you are planning a group visit, as a courtesy, please check with us first to make sure you visit goes without a hitch. Also, it may be possible to arrange a guide for your visit. Click here for more info

19/07/2026

Thank you to everybody who made Friday night's moth trapping so enjoyable and successful.

12/07/2026

Look out for our pair of Great Crested Grebes courting in Colbrook this afternoon. All sorts of things going wrong, one trying to bring a piece of material that was far too big to manipulate or bringing material and the other ignoring and diving. Are these a pair of incompetent teenagers or a couple needing counselling?

21/06/2026

Yesterday on our insect walk we discovered a colony of green eyed bees, realted to the hairy fooded flowrs beeds of earlier in the season, they dig holes in sandy soil to create small colonies. And yes, they have green eyes. https://bwars.com/bee/apidae/anthophora-bimaculata

16/06/2026

Welcome to a new resident of Moor Green, a first year doe. All legs!

14/06/2026

It is all kicking off now with the warm weather. Look out for all sorts of dragonflies ovipositing, laying eggs by the female dipping the tip of her abdomen into the water. Here a sequence shot of a female broad bodied chaser coming into do this. Enjoy the sights of summer!