At last we are enjoying some warm sunshine and there has been a marked increase in moths and butterflies in our area. However, numbers are still down on previous years First sighting yesterday of a Gatekeeper at Raw Nook NR.…
Recent sightings…
A single male Common Blue butterfly was found at Raw Nook NR today which is poor for this time of the year. Can confirm that a pair of Linnets have successfully bred in our area juveniles on 10/7 26 Ringlet, 9 Meadow…
Orchid walk turns up more surprises…
Yesterday I took other members of the Low Moor & Oakenshaw conservation Group to look at the Bee Orchids at the Dealburn Road Woodland site at Low Moor. The walk started off really well one the rain stop and secondly…
The good news just keeps coming…
Following the discovery of the Bee Orchids I thought I had just about calmed down…but there was more good news for our local area with 5 Southern Marsh Orchids appearing at Toad holes Beck at the usual site left of…
I’ve been ‘Buzzing’ all day…
Today I went to a site in Low Moor to look at a Southern Marsh Orchid found by Joan Dobson of the Bradford Urban Wildlife group. But as I was taking some photographs of the Orchid a nearby plant caught…
A good moth night..
I had a real surprise this morning when I found a beautiful Eyed Hawkmoth in the moth trap a new species for my list of moths for our recording area. Also caught was a Polar Hawkmoth.. On a different note a…
Red kite sightings…
Sighting of Red Kites over the during the first week in June in the Bradford south area, which is great news…Thank to Phil.
Two new species for the list…
Found two new species for our list of insects during the last couple of days. Leucozona lurorum (hoverfly) National status: Common
Uncommon moth found in Low Moor…
I took a walk onto the Dealburn Road Woodland site in Low Moor today and just as I was leaving the site a daytime flying moth caught my eye as it rested on a leaf. I first thought good it’s…
An explosion of White-Lipped Land Snails…
Over the last few days I have noticed a large amount of snails mainly at Toad Holes Beck. After doing a bit of research I identified the snails to be White-Lipped Land Snails and they come in various colours ranging from…
