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Bog Cotton at Moorfield Common Blue butterfly East Ayrshire Council sign at Moorfield Early Purple Orchid Grayling butterfly

 

Location.........................

Moorfield, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Grid Reference.................

NS 4037

Habitat...........................

Mosaic of post-industrial acid-heath, bare ground and scrub on a spoil heap from an old pit. An island surrounded by farmland and a busy road.

Special butterflies.............

Grayling, Small Heath and Common Blue. 

Special dragonflies............

None

 

 This site has now been thoughtlessly destroyed by East Ayrshire Council and Lands Improvement Holdings.

 A crowning achievement in East Ayrshire Council's conservation record.

 

 

 

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