Sunday 27 September 2015

Monday 14 September 2015

Sunday 13 September 2015

Friday 11 September 2015

National Moth night 2015

It's nice to get a good moth night in September - especially when it's National Moth night - good numbers and good moths for us.

Centre barred sallow 2
July highflyer 1
Angle shades 2
Common rustic 1
Pink barred sallow 3
Early thorn 2
Rosy rustic 2
Dark arches 13
Small square spot 3
Large yellow underwing 23
Common marbled carpet 2
Lesser yellow underwing 6
Sallow 2
Lesser broad bordered yellow underwing 2
Flounced rustic 2
Silver y 1
Grey chi 1
Canary shouldered thorn 1
Flame carpet 1
Buff footman 1
Left : canary shouldered thorn and angle shades
Right : Pink barred sallow, grey chi ...and new to us the buff footman. 


Thursday 10 September 2015

Tuesday 8 September 2015

Anchorage zoo internship

Well Molly had the time of her life in Anchorage - good to have her home - but I know where she'd rather be!
The wolves proved to be a favourite! 

..and there were trips out too. 

Sunday 6 September 2015

Autumnal moths, the sallows

As you can see from last night's moth trap, autumn has well and truly arrived.
In late August (29th/30th) we collected many summer moths as well as one or two autumnal moths but today it seems that the autumnal moths are finally here!
The colours of autumn: a collection of sallows, centre barred sallows and a pink-barred sallow