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The Open Day in the Buriton Chalk Pits Nature Reserve clocked up about 250 different species of plants and creatures in less than 24 hours - including dozens of moths attracted to a special survey site on Saturday evening (see photo).
For the first time ever, the Queen Elizabeth Country Park's annual BioBlitz event included the Chalk Pits this year and experts identified a number of species here that were not found anywhere else in the Country Park.
BioBlitz organiser Tim Speller of QECP was very pleased with the results given the mixed weather over the two days.
?The results indicate that the Buriton Chalk Pits really are a special place?, he added, ?and it's good that people in Buriton grasped the opportunity to take part.?
