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…
A sad report…
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…
Two new moth species for Raw Nook NR…
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…
Three welcome surprises…
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.…
Lots of Southern’s in Low Moor…
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…
Good news for Oakenshaw…
Received some good news from Chris who lives in Oakenshaw. A pair of Tufted ducks have successfully bred at Woodlands country park…The first time the species has breed in the Low Moor/Oakenshaw area as far as I am aware, which…
All smiles from Low Moor Banks…
Received some excellent news about the possible Dark Mullein – Verbascum nigrum at Low Moor Banks from Joan Dobson ( Botanist) of BEES. She has confirmed that the plant is indeed a Dark Mullein and stated ‘ What a record for the…
It maybe a ‘Dark’ at Low Moor Banks…
Today I took my lure to the area where I have previously attracted the Six-belted Clearwing moth at Low Moor Banks. This area is near to Dealburn Road where there is an abundance of Bird-foot Trefoil however, the weather was…
A bit of a puzzler…
I went up to Low Moor Banks today armed with my sweep net. I was mainly looking for moths, butterflies and the two Bee orchids which were seen last week. Sadly I didn’t see any orchids but I recorded 4…
Recent upsurge…
During the last few months I have noticed a welcome upsurge in local and non local people visiting Raw Nook NR. In addition some have been interested in our wildlife and have stopped for a chat. I have been asked…
