Given the dry and fairly mild weather for October I have decided to run the moth trap for a few more days. As I never trapped before in October usually finishing in September so it has been interesting to find…
I think I will have to wait till next year…
At the moment I have recorded 199 marco moths in our recording areas with the vast majority been caught and identified at Caldene Fields. I have just started to get to grips with recording micro moths and the total so…
Autumn butterflies and Ragwort…
The plant Ragwort always seems to get bad press as it can be poisonous to horses. But from a wildlife perspective Ragwort is an excellent wildlife plant and provides food into November for many insects. With the weather being fairly warm and sunny today…
Moths and the Southerly winds…
The recent south/easterly winds have been bringing migrants moths to mainly southern Britain from the near continent. The moth that everyone is talking about is the Convolvulus Hawk-moth. The chances of getting one of these large beautiful moths in Bradford is I…
Holly Blue and the one that got away…
Yesterday I found a female Holly Blue feeding on heather at Raw Nook Nr…It is uncommon to have sightings of this species in autumn here. Then as I was walking back through the reserve I glimpsed a juvenile Phylloscopus warbler showing…
At last a few moths…
As I have said before spring moths and butterflies are in short supply due to the cool weather. However, there was a ‘slight’ improvement overnight and a small number of usual moths were caught and logged these were : 1…
Public moth night update…
The public moth night unfortunately didn’t produce any new moths for the recording area but it still was great fun… 26 different species were identified of which 13 were new species for Raw Nook NR. This brings the total to 49 identified…
Moth night update…
I am running a public Moth Event on Saturday the 1st of August 2015 from 21.30 – 01.00 at Raw Nook Nr ( Railway Terrace Nature Reserve ) Low Moor Everyone welcome, ( even if you only stop for 30 minutes…)…
Butterfly survey…
Today in the warm sunshine I carried out a butterfly survey at Toad Holes Beck. The counts will be under recorded due to some areas not walked through due to tall thistles and grasses. Nine species were recorded. Starting with…
Lesser Whitethroat suspected breeding…
The low Moor & Oakenshaw Conservation group and myself has been involved in a site just S/W of Raw Nook Nr at Low Moor which used to be the old Low Moor tip. This site now forms part of the…
