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…
Butterflies!
On Wednesday I decided to do a butterfly count at Caldene fields and Raw Nook NR. The weather was fairly warm with sunny periods. I managed 10 different species but sadly all were in low numbers. Hopefully the weather affected…
Rainy workday and a new species!
On Saturday we had our work morning down at Toad Holes Beck. The forecast was for rain and it was warm and humid. We had noticed that the vegetation was encroaching onto the paths, so the plan was to cut…
Two new species for our area!
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…
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…
