A caddisfly species has been found for the first time in the UK
January 2011. The insect, discovered by Stuart Crofts, was found near a small stream flowing through woodland near Masham, North Yorkshire. The last time a new species of caddisfly was found in the UK was in 1965.
Pollution sensitive insects
Caddisflies are fascinating, spending the majority of their life as larvae in freshwater before emerging as adult flies. They are pollution sensitive insects and commonly used as a litmus test for the health of the environment. They help support healthy bird and fish populations as they provide an important food source and they are often imitated by fly-fishermen in their artificial flies to catch fish.
Synagapetus dubitans, is a small caddisfly of around 5mm. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I identified it" said Stuart Crofts, a former international fly fisherman and Coordinator of the Adult Caddisfly Occurrence Scheme. "To find a species new to the UK is amazing, a great honour and very humbling experience".
"The discovery of a new species of caddisfly in the UK is fantastic news." said Craig Macadam, Conservation Officer with Buglife. "Springs and seepages in woodlands can be very important habitats. Now that we know this species is here we can help to protect its habitat."
Synagapetus dubitans is more commonly found in central Europe
Courtesy of The Riverfly Partnership, Riverfly Recording Schemes and Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/caddisfly.html
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Showing posts with label North Yorkshire. Show all posts
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Caddisfly species to the UK discovered
A caddisfly species has been found for the first time in the UK
January 2011. The insect, discovered by Stuart Crofts, was found near a small stream flowing through woodland near Masham, North Yorkshire. The last time a new species of caddisfly was found in the UK was in 1965.
Pollution sensitive insects
Caddisflies are fascinating, spending the majority of their life as larvae in freshwater before emerging as adult flies. They are pollution sensitive insects and commonly used as a litmus test for the health of the environment. They help support healthy bird and fish populations as they provide an important food source and they are often imitated by fly-fishermen in their artificial flies to catch fish.
Synagapetus dubitans, is a small caddisfly of around 5mm. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I identified it" said Stuart Crofts, a former international fly fisherman and Coordinator of the Adult Caddisfly Occurrence Scheme. "To find a species new to the UK is amazing, a great honour and very humbling experience".
"The discovery of a new species of caddisfly in the UK is fantastic news." said Craig Macadam, Conservation Officer with Buglife. "Springs and seepages in woodlands can be very important habitats. Now that we know this species is here we can help to protect its habitat."
Synagapetus dubitans is more commonly found in central Europe
Courtesy of The Riverfly Partnership, Riverfly Recording Schemes and Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/caddisfly.html
January 2011. The insect, discovered by Stuart Crofts, was found near a small stream flowing through woodland near Masham, North Yorkshire. The last time a new species of caddisfly was found in the UK was in 1965.
Pollution sensitive insects
Caddisflies are fascinating, spending the majority of their life as larvae in freshwater before emerging as adult flies. They are pollution sensitive insects and commonly used as a litmus test for the health of the environment. They help support healthy bird and fish populations as they provide an important food source and they are often imitated by fly-fishermen in their artificial flies to catch fish.
Synagapetus dubitans, is a small caddisfly of around 5mm. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I identified it" said Stuart Crofts, a former international fly fisherman and Coordinator of the Adult Caddisfly Occurrence Scheme. "To find a species new to the UK is amazing, a great honour and very humbling experience".
"The discovery of a new species of caddisfly in the UK is fantastic news." said Craig Macadam, Conservation Officer with Buglife. "Springs and seepages in woodlands can be very important habitats. Now that we know this species is here we can help to protect its habitat."
Synagapetus dubitans is more commonly found in central Europe
Courtesy of The Riverfly Partnership, Riverfly Recording Schemes and Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/caddisfly.html
Monday, November 29, 2010
Big cat alert after attack on sheep
by Paul Jeeves
POLICE have been alerted to reports of a big cat prowling moors in North Yorkshire after a savage attack on a sheep.
Officers from North Yorkshire Police confirmed the evidence suggests a panther-like creature could be responsible for the attack near Ravensworth, to the north of Richmond.
Flesh had been stripped from the mutilated remains of the sheep and wildlife officers from the North Yorkshire force have been liaising with experts from the Big Cats Society.
Rural crime officer Pc John Wilbor from North Yorkshire Police said: " The evidence seems to fit with a possible big cat attack.
"These animals can travel a wide area and by their nature they are very secretive."
The best known big cat supposedly roaming the wilds of Yorkshire is the so-called Black Beast of Ossett.
It was reportedly spotted in 2000 in a field near an old quarry in Coxley Valley, near Ossett.
Some experts believe a number of large felines were released by private collectors after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act came into force in the 1970s and have since bred with native cats to produce hybrids.
However, Natural England maintained earlier this year that there was no evidence of big cats roaming the countryside after probing dozens of sightings.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Big-cat-alert-after-attack.6642774.jp
POLICE have been alerted to reports of a big cat prowling moors in North Yorkshire after a savage attack on a sheep.
Officers from North Yorkshire Police confirmed the evidence suggests a panther-like creature could be responsible for the attack near Ravensworth, to the north of Richmond.
Flesh had been stripped from the mutilated remains of the sheep and wildlife officers from the North Yorkshire force have been liaising with experts from the Big Cats Society.
Rural crime officer Pc John Wilbor from North Yorkshire Police said: " The evidence seems to fit with a possible big cat attack.
"These animals can travel a wide area and by their nature they are very secretive."
The best known big cat supposedly roaming the wilds of Yorkshire is the so-called Black Beast of Ossett.
It was reportedly spotted in 2000 in a field near an old quarry in Coxley Valley, near Ossett.
Some experts believe a number of large felines were released by private collectors after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act came into force in the 1970s and have since bred with native cats to produce hybrids.
However, Natural England maintained earlier this year that there was no evidence of big cats roaming the countryside after probing dozens of sightings.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Big-cat-alert-after-attack.6642774.jp
Big cat alert after attack on sheep
by Paul Jeeves
POLICE have been alerted to reports of a big cat prowling moors in North Yorkshire after a savage attack on a sheep.
Officers from North Yorkshire Police confirmed the evidence suggests a panther-like creature could be responsible for the attack near Ravensworth, to the north of Richmond.
Flesh had been stripped from the mutilated remains of the sheep and wildlife officers from the North Yorkshire force have been liaising with experts from the Big Cats Society.
Rural crime officer Pc John Wilbor from North Yorkshire Police said: " The evidence seems to fit with a possible big cat attack.
"These animals can travel a wide area and by their nature they are very secretive."
The best known big cat supposedly roaming the wilds of Yorkshire is the so-called Black Beast of Ossett.
It was reportedly spotted in 2000 in a field near an old quarry in Coxley Valley, near Ossett.
Some experts believe a number of large felines were released by private collectors after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act came into force in the 1970s and have since bred with native cats to produce hybrids.
However, Natural England maintained earlier this year that there was no evidence of big cats roaming the countryside after probing dozens of sightings.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Big-cat-alert-after-attack.6642774.jp
POLICE have been alerted to reports of a big cat prowling moors in North Yorkshire after a savage attack on a sheep.
Officers from North Yorkshire Police confirmed the evidence suggests a panther-like creature could be responsible for the attack near Ravensworth, to the north of Richmond.
Flesh had been stripped from the mutilated remains of the sheep and wildlife officers from the North Yorkshire force have been liaising with experts from the Big Cats Society.
Rural crime officer Pc John Wilbor from North Yorkshire Police said: " The evidence seems to fit with a possible big cat attack.
"These animals can travel a wide area and by their nature they are very secretive."
The best known big cat supposedly roaming the wilds of Yorkshire is the so-called Black Beast of Ossett.
It was reportedly spotted in 2000 in a field near an old quarry in Coxley Valley, near Ossett.
Some experts believe a number of large felines were released by private collectors after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act came into force in the 1970s and have since bred with native cats to produce hybrids.
However, Natural England maintained earlier this year that there was no evidence of big cats roaming the countryside after probing dozens of sightings.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Big-cat-alert-after-attack.6642774.jp
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