A Dewick’s Plusia – Macdunnoughia confusa moth was attracted to a NI Pheromone Lure at Caldene fields on the 25/7/26. This rare moth is a migrant although numbers are increasing and there can be little doubt that it is now breeding in…
Butterflies Everywhere! (Thankfully)
Given the abundance of Butterflies we have at the moment due to the hot dry weather, I thought I would do a Butterfly count today at Caldene fields. The count was always going to be an undercount due to size…
Night time Celebrations!
I’ve been going back through my moth records today to see just how many species I’ve logged over the years across our local patch — Caldene Fields, Raw Nook LNR and Toad Holes Beck here in Low Moor, Bradford. The…
The King appears & a Rarity flies in…
Firstly I start with some news from Clare Stonehouse the chair of our conservation group. She was at Raw Nook LNR of the 29th of May when she saw a Kingfisher at the pond flying back and forth from the…
Bumper year for the Butterflies…
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…
