Yesterday I had I received some interesting news from some good friends of mine how regularly visit Low Moor Banks. They told me that they had a conversation with someone at the site who stated he had seen a Barn…
Iv’e noticed for a number of years now that our area is a bit of a magnet for Goldfinches. There are many open fields with seeds for the species to take advantage of like the Thistle species. In Britain, the Goldfinch is…
This morning at the watch point there was an excellent movement of House Martin both to the S and N/W. The final count was 292 south and 85 northwest. There was no real Goldfinch activity but a flock of around…
Today I thought I would look for any other early signs of autumn as I am now starting to record autumn species of moths. From the vis-mig point I noted the first returning (2) Meadow Pipits moving S following breeding…
If you would like to encourage wildlife to your garden and have the benefits of healthy home grown fruit throughout the year…well perhaps consider the…
About 2 weeks ago a local resident was walking his dog at 06.30 at Raw Nook NR when he saw a man shooting birds with a very ” High powered air rifle with a large telescopic sight”!. The man was…
Yesterday I managed to add two new moth species to our Raw Nook list of species. Both were found by gently tapping shrubs whilst holding my net underneath which if lucky a moth may fall into the net, ID and…
Today whilst checking the moth trap today there was a rather large strange visitor lurking in one of the egg boxes. It was a Nicrophorus investigator beetle which is a SITE FIRST. They are scavengers, living off and breeding in rotten carcasses.…
So far it has been an excellent year for the Southern Hawker dragonfly in our area. In the last few days I have recorded 9 freshly emerged insects, with 5 noted today at Caldene Fields. They seem to love garden…
