Tuesday 11 March 2008

Alien Invaders

While checking out a local drain for water voles I found this 50m stretch of water fern. The plant is from subtropical America and my book says "carpets still fresh water". This stuff would be a nightmare to get rid of if it got in the nearby clay pits SSSI's - probably impossible to get rid of completely and definitely expensive.




The latest alien to arrive

Judging from the crap people throw in the hedgerows here (it has the unfortunate luck of being next to the council tip - closed on wednesdays where upon people just dump it here instead), I guess someone just emptied their garden pond into the ditch. It's about time alien aquatics like this are simply banned from sale. People are just not responsible enough to be trusted, or maybe slap a tax on all sales of non-natives based on potential costs of erradication. I wonder what else is in there - snapping turtle perhaps?

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