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Moth trapping 28/06/2019
Dominated by Middle-barred Minors but by far our largest catch Macros 17 Middle-barred Minor 6 Buff Ermine 6 Dark Arches 6 Silver-ground Carpet 5 Ingrailed Clay 4 Heart & Dart 4 Latticed Heath 3 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 1 Green Carpet 1 Large Yellow Underwing 1 White Ermine 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Small Angle Shades 1 Riband Wave 1 Brimstone 1 Clouded-bordered Brindle 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot 1 Common Pug 1 Common Carpet 1 Marbled Minor agg Micros 5 Marbled Orchard Tortrix (NFG) 2 Chrysoteuchia culmella 2 Scoparia basistrigalis 1 Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix (NFG) 1 Small Magpie (NFY) Total 63 macros of 20 species, 11 micros of 5 species making 74 moths of…
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Moth trapping 27/06/2019
Reasonably varied and quite a large catch for us, it included: 8 Middle-barred Minor 5 Dark Arches (NFY) 3 Ingrailed Clay 2 Common Pug 2 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 2 Clouded-bordered Brindle 2 Silver-ground Carpet 2 Heart & Dart 1 Elephant Hawk 1 Buff Ermine (NFG) 1 Map-winged Swift (NFG) 1 Shoulder-striped Wainscot (NFG) 1 Flame Shoulder 1 Ruby Tiger 1 Shears 1 Knot-Grass 1 Marbled Minor agg 1 Brimstone Total 36 of 18 species. 1 NFY and 3 NFG Highlight was the first Elephant Hawk in the trap.
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Moth trapping 22/06/2019
Our biggest catch so far and some nice species too Macros 5 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 5 Silver-ground Carpet 4 Ingrailed Clay 3 Common Swift 3 White Ermine 2 Latticed Heath 2 Middle-barred Minor (NFG) 2 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Marbled Minor agg (NFG) 1 Green Carpet (NFG) 1 Brimstone 1 Knot-Grass 1 Spruce Carpet 1 Riband Wave (NFG) 1 Small Angle Shades (NFG) Micros 2 Bee Moth (NFG) 1 Scoparia basistrigalis (NFG) 1 Scoparia ambigualis (NFG) 1 Chrysoteutia culmella (NFG) 1 Many Plume Total 35 macros of 18 species, 6 micros of 5 species making 41 moths of 22 species. 9 NFG
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Moth trapping 19/06/2019
Not too many but some good variety 4 Ingrailed Clay 1 Brimstone 1 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 1 Silver-ground carpet 1 Common swift Total 8 moths of 5 species
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Sandy Carpet
Found late at night on the 8th June, Sandy Carpet feeding on red campion in the garden. New species.
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Moth trapping 06/06/2019
A poor night with not many moths out but the following in the trap: 1 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Common Swift
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Clouded Border
I found a Clouded Border moth flying around our garden yesterday evening. Not new but the first for this year.
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BTO Bird Camp 2019
Bird Camp takes place annually at BTO headquarters in Thetford, Norfolk. It is for 12 to 16 year olds who have a passion for birds and wildlife. It is sponsored by the Cameron Bespolka Trust and led by Nick Moran who is training manager at BTO. I arrived at 4.30pm and settled into what turned out to be the noisy tent, containing me, Kabir Kaul, Calum McKellar, Michael Sinclair, Wilum Johnston, Sam Newcombe and Alex Liddle. After dinner we had a careers talk by Faye Vogely where we learned what steps we might have to take to get a job in conservation. Faye told us about her experiences and her current…
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Owl + Kestrel ringing
Last week I had a brilliant morning ringing and checking in owl and Kestrel boxes with Chris, Eleanor and Ava. coque iphone pas cher Our first stop was to ring some Little Owls. coque iphone 2019 3 were in the box and luckily all the chicks were big enough to ring. coque iphone xs max Next were the Barn Owls in a garden. coqueiphone It was a very big brood of 6 chicks, but only 5 were ringed due to one being too small. The chicks were aged on weight which was interesting to see as the larger chicks of the brood were weighing what they should have weeks later!…
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3rd February 2019
Lightwood 82. coque iphone xr Stonechat 83.
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3rd January 2019
Silverdale Shore 60. coque iphone 6 Redshank 61. coque iphone x Oystercatcher 62. Curlew 63. Dunlin 64. coque iphone 8 Lesser black-backed Gull 65. soldes coque iphone Red-breasted Merganser 66. Goldcrest Heald Brow 67. Nuthatch 68. Bullfinch 69. coque iphone Jay Leighton Moss 70. Snipe 71. Goldeneye 72. coque iphone 7 Mute Swan 73. Marsh Harrier 74. Bittern 75. coque iphone Marsh Tit 76.
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2nd January 2019
Ferneydale 24. Rook Road towards Macclesfield 25. coque iphone Red Grouse 26. Fieldfare Martin Mere WWT 27. Whooper Swan 28. Pink-footed Goose 29. Greylag Goose 30. Canada Goose 31. Pintail 32. Gadwall 33. Tufted Duck 34. coque iphone outlet Teal 35. Wigeon 36. Shelduck 37. Shoveler 38. Pochard 39. Coot 40. Moorhen 41. Ruff 42. Black-tailed Godwit 43. Grey Heron 44. Cormorant 45. Little Egret 46. Great black-backed Gull 47. coque iphone Mistle Thrush 48. Song Thrush 49. Meadow Pipit 50. Skylark 51. Kingfisher 52. Reed Bunting 53. Long-tailed Tit 54. vente de coque iphone Cetti’s Warbler 55. coque iphone 2019 pas cher Wren 56. coque iphone pas cher Lapwing…
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Moth trapping 01/06/2019
Another good night for moths producing the following totals: 7 Rustic Shoulder-Knot 2 Common Swift 2 Clouded-Bordered Brindle 2 Common Pug 1 White-spotted Pug (NFG) 1 White Ermine (NFG) 1 Garden Carpet (NFG) 1 Silver-ground Carpet (NFY) 1 Clouded Silver (NFG) 1 Small Phoenix (NFY) 1 Common Carpet (NFG) 1 Common Marbled Carpet 1 Heart and Dart 1 Small Elephant Hawkmoth 1 Small Clouded Brindle (NFG) 1 Knot Grass (NFG) 1 Shears (NFG) 1 Spectacle (NFG) 1 Many Plume Total 28 macros of 18 species, 1 micro making 29 moths of 19 species. 10 NFG and 1 NFY
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Spring at Renishaw
It was nice to get back to Renishaw last Sunday with Geoff even though we didn’t get a huge amount of birds. We got 4 nets up by 7:30 and soon began catching the first birds. One of our warbler nets produced the first two, a pair of new Treecreepers who were nesting in a tree nearby. Geoff’s tape lures proved effective and finished with a good total of 6 Blackcaps (1 retrap from last year) and 4 Chiffchaffs. It was good practise for me as quite a few birds caught had a well developed brood patch. Despite these highlights, by far the best bird caught was a 4M Grey Wagtail…
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2nd March 2019
Ashford 92. coque iphone pas cher Swallow Clumber Park 93. coque iphone 6 Goosander 94.
