Ford Park Cemetery Trust
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"A Working Cemetery in the Heart of Plymouth"

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Wildlife

102341930 3048328311911695 5495203375815327744 o 212x300Today people still enjoy collecting and identifying wildlife, but now, thanks to modern, sophisticated optical equipment, this is done through the lens of the camera.

100935280 3038006352943891 1757305097726984192 o 212x300Our poster today features two collectors buried at Ford Park whose collections proved invaluable to our knowledge of taxonomy and the complexities of nature

101285660 3042922332452293 816759224712298496 o 212x300Another two men, buried in the cemetery, who played an important part in our understanding of the natural world

103315394 3058318400912686 946353863588138214 o 212x300Today we are featuring some of the hoverflies that can be found in the cemetery

103822906 3068923349852191 1366344860548039180 o 212x300Our next poster features some of the invertebrates that can be found in the cemetery.

103479756 3063630557048137 2201165051186521585 o 212x300Today we move on to some of the moths that can be found in the cemetery.

100831645 3033217383422788 2165525109098414080 o 212x300With Springwatch back on our TV screens four nights per week, I thought that our next exhibition should be about the wildlife that can be found in the cemetery.

John Boon, who was our chairman from 2013 until 2016, prepared this exhibition which was shown in the Visitor Centre during 2016.

It is certainly worth a second look with some excellent photographs and associated text.