What a beautiful morning! I thought as I worked the patch today. Blackcaps, Willow warbler and Chiffchaffs were all in song as well as local birds. But like the last few days other that that no Whitethroat Sp were singing…
At last a few moths…
As I have said before spring moths and butterflies are in short supply due to the cool weather. However, there was a ‘slight’ improvement overnight and a small number of usual moths were caught and logged these were : 1…
New website and updates…
Welcome to my new updated website, which should be more user friendly. However it is still work in progress. Updates: A juvenile Grey Wagtail was at Caldene Fields on 20/8 which suggests local breeding as a pair have been seen…
Mystery Raptor…
On the 8th of August at 06.50 I had a Raptor flying very high and moving north over Caldene fields. I only viewed the bird through bins and due to distance I could see no plumage features. However, I took…
Siskins and Linnets…
Nationally there has been good movement of Siskins and today I picked up 4 at Raw Nook NR feeding in a Silver birch which is a bit of an early record for me. Also the good news is that I found…
Public moth night update…
The public moth night unfortunately didn’t produce any new moths for the recording area but it still was great fun… 26 different species were identified of which 13 were new species for Raw Nook NR. This brings the total to 49 identified…
Moth night update…
I am running a public Moth Event on Saturday the 1st of August 2015 from 21.30 – 01.00 at Raw Nook Nr ( Railway Terrace Nature Reserve ) Low Moor Everyone welcome, ( even if you only stop for 30 minutes…)…
Butterfly survey…
Today in the warm sunshine I carried out a butterfly survey at Toad Holes Beck. The counts will be under recorded due to some areas not walked through due to tall thistles and grasses. Nine species were recorded. Starting with…
Lesser Whitethroat suspected breeding…
The low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation group and myself has been involved in a site just S/W of Raw Nook Nr at Low Moor which used to be the old Low Moor tip. This site now forms part of the…
Public Moth Event…
Whilst most of my moth recording data is from Caldene Fields I have always wondered what species frequent the adjacent areas of Raw Nook Nr and Toad Holes Beck. Well last night I had a trial run at Raw Nook Nr…
