A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine caught a Red-Tipped Clearwing moth at Rodley Leeds. Hmm! not that far from my patch so I bought a Pheromone lure for the moth to see if it was in suitable habitat…
BEEs come visiting!
Lately I have been praying for rain to help the environment. But I think I prayed too had as on Tuesday the 20/6/23 as I was showing members of BEES (Bradford Environmental Education Service) around Raw Nook NR, Toad Holes Beck…
What a surprise!
This morning at Caldene fields I picked up a call of a Nuthatch Sitta europaea. I then saw the bird in a nearby Silver Birch tree before it flew off to the south. This a strange sighting in that it…
Dreams do come TRUE!
I won’t forget this morning! The sun was shining and skies were blue and I was just starting to record the moths caught in the moth trap. There was nothing special at first then I came across what I first…
A Welcome Visitor arrives!
David Campbell is the Biodiversity Officer for Bradford MDC. However, he has never really met our group the Low Moor & Oakenshaw conservation. So on the 6th of June myself and Clare (Our chairperson) met him at the entrance of Raw…
Southern Marsh Orchids…
Wow!
Went to Low Moor Banks with the grandchildren to see if we could find ‘An’orchid. Wow! we found 106 Southern Marsh orchids. All are just coming into bloom so over the next few days the show should be spectacular! The…
Moth sightings pick up and so does the litter!
After a very poor spring for moths and migrant birds things are starting to improve. Today I found a new moth for our area, an Alder Moth at Caldene fields. Whilst the moth is widespread in the county albeit in…
Roe Deer…
Regular reader to this site will know that we get a few sightings of Roe Deer in our recording area. This morning I found a good number of their tracks on a path suggesting they are regular users at that…
Recent sightings
As yet we have not been blessed with many spring migrants. Yes, Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps are all claiming breeding territories in our area but there are very few other species at the moment, but I think the northerly…
