Cemetery Work Group will be back to normal working routine on Saturday 31st July.
BUTTERFLIES of NORTHWOOD CEMETERY
A very successful ‘butterfly' survey took place in Northwood Cemetery on the 21st July. No less than 16 keen naturalists attended and with warm sunny conditions, were rewarded with a staggering variety of specimens. The group was well represented by members of the Butterfly Conservation Group and the walk was lead by Mr Rob Wilson.
Butterflies
Moths/Dragonflies etc
Small Skipper 4
Yellow Shell Moth 1
Large White 1
6 Spot Burnet Moth
25+
Small White 4
Small Fan-footed Wave Moth 1
Purple Hairstreak 3 (including at least one female)
Rhododendron Leafhopper 3
Small Copper 4
Migrant Hawker Dragonfly 1
Brown Argus 2
Common Blue Damselfly 3
Common Blue 5 (males)
Holly Blue 1
Comma 1
Silver-washed Fritillary 1 (female)
Speckled Wood 1
Marbled White 20+
Gatekeeper 15+
Meadow Brown 12+
Ringlet 3
We have all of these in Northwood Cemetery...............at the moment !
The Friends of Northwood Cemetery intend having a Book Sale in the near future, donated books for this event can be deposited either at the 'Friends House' (near the Main Gates) on a Saturday Mornings or collection can be arranged by phoning either 292150, 247498 or 245685
The Objectives of the Friends of Northwood Cemetery are:
· The preservation and sympathetic restoration of Northwood Cemetery including its chapel and mortuary buildings, monuments and other standing structures;
· The creation and safe keeping of all records relating to Northwood Cemetery; and
· The preservation and conservation of the ecology of Northwood Cemetery including its landscape, arboreta, flora and wildlife.
