One recorded in the old
garden of a now demolished house at Fountaindale near Mansfield in July
2017 (Pendleton, T.A. and Pendleton, D.T.),
was thought for a number of years to be the first county record of this
distinctive Longhorn. But it had actually been recorded in Nottinghamshire
on three previous occasions, including Cotgrave Forest
(Wetton, B.) and Idle Stop
(Lee, P.) in 2014 and at Cotgrave
Forest again in 2017 (Archibald, L.).
But there suddenly three records within a single week in July
2024, concerning a female at Clipstone Old Quarter
(Pendleton, T.A.) a
male at Stapleford Woods
(Johnson, R.) on 23/07/24 and another
female at Clumber Park on 31/07/24
(Pendleton, T.A.).
More recent records include a female in the area of the Sherwood Forest
CP/Budby SF on 26/07/25
(Brownley, N. and Brownley, S.)
and a male in the Swinecote Road/Thoresby Pit Top area on 28/07/25
(Pendleton, T.A.). Obviously
increasing in Nottinghamshire. |
