Charles and Hilary Hipkin found large numbers of Fox Moth caterpillars on Bryn Tip (SS820923), with about 50 seen just in the grass along side the path in a distance of about 30 metres or so. This is an excellent colliery spoil site with a very strongly population of Dark Green Fritillary. Small numbers of Marsh Fritillary and Small Pearl-borded Fritillary were also recorded here in 2009 marking it as a site of at least local importance. (Photo C.R.Hipkin)
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