Well the leaves haven’t changed colour just yet be Goldfinches were certainly getting ready for autumn today at Caldene fields with 102 moving S/W and an additional 50+ feeding in the fields. Also the first movement of Meadow Pipits(south) started…
News update and it’s back…
It’s been a busy few days…Firstly I attended a meeting on the 8th of August at Dealburn Road with members of YWT and Bradford council to discuss in the main the future of the site. There were some very encouraging…
Brilliant news from Dealburn road…
The Clearwing moths ( Sesiidae ) are active by day but very elusive. Recently sex pheromones lures have come onto the market where a male (if in the area of the lures ) arrives thinking a female is in the…
White-letter Hairstreak butterfly…
Went to my daughters house in Birkenshaw last night. Parking the car in the drive and my eye was caught to a small brown butterfly on the house wall. Amazingly the butterfly was a very worn White-letter Hairstreak.. Now there…
It’s like waiting for a bus…
Ever moth-er’s heart is lifted when they find a beautiful Hawkmoth. I have been waited for a Hawkmoth at Caldene fields for a couple of weeks now but then on Sunday, just like waiting for a bus….two come along.
A surprise at Dealburn Road…
On Saturday 25/5 I decided to leave our recording area and visit the nearby Dealburn Road ( Woodland site ) at Low Moor with the aim of doing some survey work. I have kept wildlife records for this promising wildlife…
Increase in moths species…
It’s far too early in the season to suggest moths appear to be increasing in numbers and species this year in our recording area. However, I started recording moths late this year…14th of May. And so far I have recorded…
What a surprise…
What a surprise this morning at the watch point at Caldene fields. I had just finished watching vis-mig ( visible migration ) when a bird came in low from the south….it cannot possibly be..it was a ” Kingfisher ”. And…
Last nights weather was awful- But what’s that?…
Last night in Low Moor the weather was awful, a strong wind and lashing down rain. And Clare and Rich Stonehouse were walking home from work on Cleakheaton road just by the barbers at the opposite side of the road…
Late Swifts…
This morning 2 late Swifts flew west over Caldene fields and an Autumnal Rustic moth was also seen in the fields my third record of the species. Autumnal Rustic