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Bird news and some new moths

Well it’s been somewhat of a stressful ten days or so since the last update - ending in good news though as we’ve now exchanged contracts on Ian’s house sale and had the offer accepted on a lovely place in South Uist (a bungalow for when we are old and decrepid haha). Packing up the [...]

The Hawk-moths are here!

After some fairly poor catches at the end of May when the winds were northerly and pretty cool things have finally warmed up and catches in the trap have been good for the last week. With having a small garden we don’t trap every night as we don’t want to interfere too much with the [...]

ID challenges - our first week mothing

Well, our first proper night mothing on the 5th April brought us a nice catch. The night had a low of 4′C and the wind dropped to virtually nothing:-
1 Diurnea fagella, 2 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, 1 March Moth, 16 small Quaker, 16 Common Quaker, 4 Clouded Drab, 12 Hebrew Character, 1 Chestnut. Plus 1 Nut-tree Tussock was found [...]

Birthday present, moths and caterpillars

Well, my birthday present arrived this week - a Robinson type moth trap - purchased from Bioquip and very pleased with it i am too!
Why moths? It’s been something i’ve been considering for some time now. I was shocked to read recently that many British moth species have declined rapidly - one report i read [...]