What Paxton's Hobbies are Hunting

 We were pleased to find some very obliging Mayflies on the wing during our morning Macro session at Paxton Pits on Tuesday and even more delighted to witness the Hobbies hunting around the Lakes in the afternoon no doubt catching lots of these mayflies, plus damselflies, and two new species to me Grouse Wing Mystacides  longicornis (Caddis Fly) and  Cataclysta lemnata, Small China-mark, is a semi-aquatic moth species with larvae that feed on duckweed and other floating plants.

Riverfly Survey in Toft

Toft Bourn Brook Group is carrying out surveys of the invertebrate species in the Brook according to the Riverfly rules and regulations for acquiring the samples and then counting the species found in the water. The species that are monitored include Mayflies, Olives, Stoneflies, Shrimps and  Caddis flies. Timed samples are taken and then examined for the Groups shown on the circular chart and the numbers of individuals counted. We also found very young Loach and American Crayfish plus Beetles, various Midge larvae and Pond Skaters etc