trip I went on yesterday and other trips(not day trips)

this week so far iv been on a couple of trips but mainly places with streams,  ponds  or woodland. 

one of my favourite places to go is probably one most dont tend to go to unless going to a funeral or for personal reasons but me and my family go for walks 

the dogs like the graveyard nearby in Gloucestershire so mum and dad take a few of them for a walk there and let me take take pictures 

for Mum and dad its more about more than just the dogs but a nice place to go for a walk aswell its usualy portrayed a for dark themes and  scenes in media but  they can also  be very positive and enjoyable places and places for happy memorys. Graveyards are a natural habitat themselfs just like any other habitat. the only differance is  that people built  an important place on the grassland and due to the importance of graves to many people also bult graves giving it the name graveyard but they are also natural habitats aswell. 

  nature does its thing. it helps decompose decaying organic matter and exstracts nutrients and reproduces for survival thanks to different species of lichens and fungi both on graves and across the ground. Wildflowers grow and add colour they also have  nectar for pollinating insects and invertebrates. they are a place where scavengers gulls and the crow family can look for food like invertebrates and other things that are part of there varied  diet and places with trees or shrubs for thrushes, finches etc and other birds to hide from predators, mate and breed and   places for there favourate food - worms and even fruit like berrys during the cold months.  they are home to squirrels and various other species of wildlife too and this is why I go and take pictures 

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  • the top species is called the scarlet Tiger moth and the caterpillar at the bottom  is Scarlet tiger moth caterpillar  the scarlet tigers distribution is  very local in other words it has a localised distribution- it is mostly common to  south  and south west of england and wales and has isolated populations in Kent aswell. 

    the photo in the middle is a dragonfly. dragonflys have large eyes that face upwards whereas damselfys dont. it  is one of the main ways of telling between the two. not the only way but one of the big identification clues 

    it is a red darter but I cant be certain of the species of red darter dragonfly cause I cant see the back of its tail or the behind aswell and that can help with identification aswell but there are different species of red darter. 2 of the most common species of red darter in the uk though  is the common red darter and the ruddy darter