Low Moor and Oakenshaw Wildlife

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.…

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…

But first some interesting news on the Bee Orchids. Sadly still none at Low Moor Banks but I received an interesting email from Shaun who visited Otley wetland a regular site for the Bee Orchid. Shaun explained plenty of Common…

Well lets start of with the one species that I cannot record…as it got away! well not literally. On the 25/5 I was netting around the Oak tree at the top of Raw Nook NR when I found a rather…

After all these years at last I have bought myself a sweep net. So if you see a strange man swishing a net about in our recording area..well it’s me. However, it’s bringing in rewards with various micro moths been…

Yesterday I went for my daily walk at Raw Nook NR and found not one new species but TWO for our recording area. It was whilst I was looking for spring hoverfly species that I noticed what I thought was…

Hands up..I’m not really a huge fan of spiders. However, I realise their importance within an environment and particularly in our own local ecosystem. So I was certainly interested to record a new species of spider found in the moth…