Timbirder3
Well-known member
Warren Heath-update
On Saturday I visited this area. I parked on the A30 at SU783583 as the industrial area mentioned by Paul was a refuse/recycling site right next to a travellers site and I didn't fancy my car being recycled! From here a short path led through to the B3016 from where it was easy to access Warren Heath, the entrance to which was handily signified by dumped rubbish.
Whether it was because of the lateness of the season or the heat Odonta were in fairly short supply. In a couple of hours I saw Emperor, Migrant and Brown Hawker, Common and Black Darter, Small Red, Red-eyed, Emerald and Common Blue Damselflies plus many Grayling Butterflies.
Access to the main pools was not too difficult but the stream between them was heavily overgrown and trying to follow a path along this resulted at one point in struggling through head-high bracken, while trying not to break my ankles on the uneven ground.
Despite my lack of success in finding Golden-ringed Dragonfly this looks a good site and if I lived closer it would be worth a visit earlier in the season but it was a hard slog, especially compared to Thursley.
In contrast to Thursley I saw just one other person while there despite it being a Bank Holiday.
Tim
On Saturday I visited this area. I parked on the A30 at SU783583 as the industrial area mentioned by Paul was a refuse/recycling site right next to a travellers site and I didn't fancy my car being recycled! From here a short path led through to the B3016 from where it was easy to access Warren Heath, the entrance to which was handily signified by dumped rubbish.
Whether it was because of the lateness of the season or the heat Odonta were in fairly short supply. In a couple of hours I saw Emperor, Migrant and Brown Hawker, Common and Black Darter, Small Red, Red-eyed, Emerald and Common Blue Damselflies plus many Grayling Butterflies.
Access to the main pools was not too difficult but the stream between them was heavily overgrown and trying to follow a path along this resulted at one point in struggling through head-high bracken, while trying not to break my ankles on the uneven ground.
Despite my lack of success in finding Golden-ringed Dragonfly this looks a good site and if I lived closer it would be worth a visit earlier in the season but it was a hard slog, especially compared to Thursley.
In contrast to Thursley I saw just one other person while there despite it being a Bank Holiday.
Tim