Every month, the Chevron Green Consultancy team share their nature observations from around the network with their colleagues throughout Chevron Green Services.
By sharing knowledge, our operations teams get an insight into what they could expect to see whilst on their shifts, enhancing their awareness of what's currently thriving in nature. As we know many of you work across the network too, we thought it would be helpful to share this information with you too:
💚It seems like ash dieback isn't hitting some areas as hard this year; this may be due to last year's scorching weather exacerbating the effects and causing early leaf drop.
🌳Last year's weather does seem to have affected birch and older Scot's pine, though, with many dead trees noted.
🌿Understorey and field layer vegetation has grown quickly with the rain, sun and warm weather in June, all contributing to this.
🌼Wild Parsnip and other common species like mugwort and fat hen are starting to flower, with lots of hemlock.
🐝We're seeing a wide variety of pollinators, especially bees, hoverflies and butterflies.
🐜Strangely, we have not seen as many ant mounds as expected.
🥀Teasels seem to be growing exceptionally tall this year.
🐛Himalayan balsam is advanced with lots of cinnabar moths.
🦋Oak processionary moth is in the news with recent findings in Derbyshire (until now, it had mostly been confined to London and the Southeast). Does this fit with what you've been seeing around the network? Share your observations below …
