My personal nightmare computer nightmare appears to be over…I think! My PC crashed with all my records but thankfully they are all backed up…however, I now have to re-install them.. A bit of good news though came from Chris who…
Plenty of Gold at Caldene Fields!
A minimum count of 42 goldfinch including many juveniles were feeding this morning on Thistle seeds in the fields. I believe this count will be increased by the early autumn. Also the pair of Swallows are now well into their second…
Seeing Red at Caldene Fields!
What a beauty a Red Underwing, only the second ever record fed at the sugaring tree at Caldene Fields last night…
Bat night and a big surprise at Caldene Fields!
Last night it was agreed with my son-in law and myself would do a bat walk around our area to see if we could find any new bat species for the area. So armed with the bat detector and torches…
Common Buzzards breed in south Bradford!
The story of at least one pair of Common Buzzards breeding in south Bradford in 2014 starts really in 2012. I had seen a single Common Buzzard in the autumn of 2012 on what I thought was migration over East…
Now a Buff Footman appears!
I received some gave news on 26/7 when inspecting the moth trap. A second record of a Buff Footman. The status of this moth in Yorkshire is described as: Rare and very local resident. Also the moth was in excellent…
As you were for the Small Tortoiseshell !
Following a number of years of decline in Small Tortoiseshell numbers both in Low Moor and nationally it appears the species is returning to per decline years. Today I recorded minimum counts of 4 at Raw Nook NR and a further 29…
It’s been rather Dingy..at Caldene Fields!
Things have been a bit quiet just lately that was until yesterday… well the story begins the day before. I found in the moth trap what I first thought was a Common Footman but a closer inspection showed it to…
I have I struck Gold at Caldene Fields?
On the 12/7 I found in the moth trap what I first thought was a Gold Spot moth. However, on closer inspection I thought the moth might be a Lepke’s Gold Spot Plusia putnami gracilis an uncommon moth in this part…
Ringlets Ringlets everywhere!
Did some survey work at Toad Holes Beck this morning mainly to count Ringlet butterflies which are doing extremely well at the moment. For the first time ever I had a 3 figure count record count of 127…. and…
