Blue Lagoon Update

Well what a day not quite sure how it happened but I ended up being interviewed for Look North this afternoon giving my opinion of how the 3 hectare Blue Lagoon nature reserve will be impacted by a Jet Ski Club whizzing around it.  Even the reporter couldn't see the logic of what is going on and interestingly it appears now that the Council are saying that they haven't suggested the club move from Ashbyville to Blue Lagoon although this isn't my interpretation of what the council spokesman   said yesterday on Radio Humberside, so who knows what's going on.
If anyone feels strongly about saving a wonderful small freshwater habitat for wildlife then please submit your feelings here http://www.planning.northlincs.gov.uk/plan?ref=PA/2016/1862 lots of people have submitted their support for the Jet Skiers virtually all from out of the county so we need all the help we can get.  Objections have to be in by 30th of this month.

Blue Lagoon Nature Reserve

I have just been made aware of a proposal to change this local nature reserve to a Jet Skiing club!  See this article

http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/wave-of-disapproval-for-jet-skiers-plan-to-move-to-blue-lagoon-nature-reserve/story-30068029-detail/story.html

I can't believe this proposal can go ahead when you consider this post I wrote in the summer

https://normanbynature.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/orchids-and-burnets.html

Is no where safe for nature anymore - please object here I understand lots of the jet skiers have been on the site to register their approval so we need to fight back!

http://www.planning.northlincs.gov.uk/api/Cached/PlanningWeb?ReqType=F&Refno=PA/2016/1862

Orchids and Burnets

I had a walk round our local pond yesterday The Blue Lagoon and was amazed at the amount of wildlife.  Top of the list but no photos were at least three Emperor Dragonflies hawking round the lake and hunting around the brambles.  Bird wise a pair of Great Crested Grebes were carrying chicks on their backs and Little Grebes have also bred. I counted 20 spikes of Marsh Orchids which was a surprise, I have seen Bee Orchids earlier in the summer also  and another surprise was a small colony of Five-spot Burnet moths.  Lots of Buff-tailed Bumblebees and Common Carders also feeding on the grassy bank. Here's a few snaps

Lesser Stitchwort

Five-Spot Burnet

Marsh Orchid

Cinnabar Caterpillars another increasingly rare sight

Centaury

Lady's Bedstraw

Red Soldier beetle on Ragwort

Lesser Stitchwort

This site also holds Grayling Butterflies a nationally scarce species!