WeBS Counts for Seaton Sands and North Gare Sands 21st August 2016

Seaton Sands WeBS - Start 17:15 - Finish 19:10

8 Common Scoter
2 Cormorant
61 Herring Gull
2 Black-headed Gull
1 Greater Black-backed Gull
3 Sandwich Tern


North Gare Sands WeBS - Start 17:20 - Finish 18:45

2 Cormorant
150 Ringed Plover
97 Dunlin
198 Sandwich Tern
573 Oystercatcher
62 Curlew
160 Knot
8 Herring Gull
88 Common Tern
6 Black-headed Gull
4 Turnstone
1 Kittiwake
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Roseate Tern

Dunlin

Whilst walking through the dunes, I spotted some Cinnabar Moth larvae on the Common Ragwort.

Week 24 - Garden Moth Update

On Sunday 14th August 2016, I put my moth trap out for Week 24 of the Garden Moth Scheme. Overnight low temperature was 13.8°C.

2 Bird-Cherry Ermine

2 Brown House Moth

2 Blastobasis adustella

1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix

3 Light Brown Apple Moth

2 Agriphila straminella

1 Garden Carpet

1 Common Carpet

1 Canary-shouldered Thorn

3 Willow Beauty

23 Large Yellow Underwing

6 Square-spot Rustic

1 Grey Chi

1 Marbled Beauty

2 Marbled Minor agg.

Grey Chi

Canary-shouldered Thorn

 Square-spot Rustic

Wildlife Camera Trap at Nether Kellet

The aim of the taking the wildlife camera to Nether Kellet was to try and capture the antics of the rabbits living around Hawthorns Park.

Wildlife Camera Trap - July

Here are a few video clips recorded with the Wildlife Camera.

Migrant Hawker at Hawthorns in Nether Kellet

Whilst relaxing in the sunshine on Saturday 5th August, a Migrant Hawker Dragonfly flew past and landed on a tree. It stayed in the suspended position for approximately 30 minutes, before disappearing.

2nd Moth Evening in Nether Kellet, Lancashire (VC60)

On 5th August, I took my moth light to Hawthorns again and setup a makeshift moth trap.

Large Yellow Underwing 21
Blastobasis adustella 8
Diamond-back Moth 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
Dark Arches 5
Bird Cherry Ermine 3
Brimstone Moth 2
Silver Y 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Clepsis consimilana 1
Phoenix 1
Common Carpet 3
White-spotted Pug 1
Small Fan-footed Wave 1
Common Rustic agg 1
Tachystola acroxantha 2
Pandemis cinnamomeana 1
Cherry Fruit Moth 1
Eudonia lacustrata 3
Willow Ermine 1
Rhyaciona pinicolana 1
Swammerdamia caesiella 1
Crambus perlella 2
Holly Tortrix 1

 Shuttle-shaped Dart

Rhyacionia pinicolana

Common Carpet

Tachystola acroxantha

Silver Y

Pandemis cinnamomeana

Cherry Fruit Moth

Small Fan-footed Wave

Garden Moth Update - Sunday 31st July 2016

Week 22 of the Garden Moth Scheme with an overnight minimum temperature of 11.6°C.

Bird Cherry Ermine 1
Diamond-back Moth 17
White-shouldered House Moth 1
Blastobasis adustella 6
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Agriphila straminella 1
Agriphila tristella 1
Gold Triangle 1
White-spotted Pug 1
Riband Wave 2
Garden Carpet 2
Brimstone Moth 1
Common Footman 2
Heart and Dart 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Pale Mottled Willow 1
Marbled Beauty 1
Dark Arches 2
Marbled Minor agg 1
Common Rustic agg 1

Gold Triangle

White-spotted Pug

Pale Mottled Willow