The UK’s Butterflies are doing well at the moment due to the good weather and our recording area is no different. Sightings of the once common Common Blue butterfly have been sparce in recent years however, this year two males…
Purple Hairstreaks doing well!
Tonight I counted at least 7 Purple Hairstreaks in the Oaks at the very top of Raw Nook LNR. I saw both males and female (above). This is the third year of finding the species in it’s favoured habitat and…
Roe deer fawns and an Elephant!
Received a really interesting sighting from a reliable dog walker on 30/5/25. She had been walking on the public footpath early in the morning when the dog disturbed two Roe deer fawns. They both ran off towards Raw nook LNR.…
Sightings updates!
Firstly I counted at least 6 Green-veined white butterflies( opposite) this morning at Toad Holes Beck which is great news as last year there were hardly any sightings. Also at the site on the 23rd was a passage Common Whitethroat.…
Persistence Pays Off!
On the 26th of June I used a pheromone trap to try and catch a rare moth in Yorkshire Grapholita lobarzewskii in fact it’s UK status is: A scarce and local species, with relatively few records in Britain. I thought…
Moth night at Raw Nook LNR
I accept moths may not be everyone’s cup of tea but…they are an excellent indicator of a healthy environment and biodiversity. Therefore the more moth species at a site the more evidence you have if you ever needed to fight…
Not Just One Bee BUT…
As regular readers will know my blog is about wildlife at Low Moor & Oakenshaw. However, today I make an acceptation. Clare our chairperson for our conservation group was taking her dog for a walk in a field near to…
Exciting times at Low Moor Banks
I visited Low Moor Banks on Saturday mainly to look for any Lesser Whitethroats at the site, which sadly they weren’t. However, as I was walking on one of the paths in the lovely sunshine I stopped as small dull…
Spring Sightings…
Despite the constant heavy rain we have had some southerly warmer winds that no doubt assisted some early migrants to arrive. A Blackcap was noted in full song at Toad Holes Beck on the 6/4 followed by a single Willow…
Blushing…just a bit
Whilst in Raw Nook NR a couple of days ago I noticed a good number of fungi some Puffballs and some I had seen before but couldn’t put a name to. I have to admit I love fungi but I’m…
