Brenda writes: “It was a bit cooler overnight and so the moth trap was a bit calmer. There was a reasonable selection of moths but in smaller numbers and with no hawk-moths – too cold for them! We did have two new species, the brown-tail, a white moth with (you’ve guessed it) a brown bottom, …
Brenda writes: “The moth trap was busy again with a record breaking number of dark arches, 55, and 6 light arches. James brought in a white micro called acentria ephemerella. It usually arrives in great numbers but we just had one! We also had our first broad-bordered yellow underwing, smaller than the large yellow and, …
It’s a difficult week for blog writing: In some ways I’m surprised that this sort of time issue hasn’t happened earlier in the year (I’m writing this, for 28th June, on 2nd July!). But it’s been a very busy week. Today was the first of four consecutive concerts which are obviously taking up most of …
Brenda writes: “We were rehearsing again today so there were no new flowers, but the moth trap was busy! It’s quite a challenge working out what’s what in a crowded egg box (or equivalent). Least carpet was the first of the new moths today, along with dog’s tooth, which has a distinctive jagged white line …
Brenda writes: “It was an exciting night in the moth trap and I was glad to have James on hand. He arrived late last night in preparation for today’s quartet rehearsal and we had a look in the trap before turning in. It was lovely to see two swallow-tailed moths and the micro garden pebble, …
Brenda writes: “There were no new flowers today but as I headed up to Wighton church there was some very pretty field bindweed. It ranges from virtually white to deep pink and at the moment us adorning the grass verges. Talking of variability, we’re still getting huge numbers of dark arches in the trap, 29 …
I spent quite a lot of time today in The Harbour Room in Blakeney as I was running the mixing desk there, helping out my friend Mark, who had another band to do sound for elsewhere. So I heard a lot of Pink Floyd, from tribute band A Saucerful of Floyd, but only managed a …
There wasn’t much wildlife to report today: I did see a couple of wonderfully close views of common buzzard from the car as I was driving slowly along some very minor Norfolk roads on the way to a massage session (trying to fix a nagging shoulder injury which has been bothering me for several months …
I didn’t manage any wildlife watching today: I have a lot of major concerts over the next three weeks and so preparing for them is taking precedence at the moment! I did go into the back garden though to take some photos of bees on our “triffid” spear thistle. Brenda writes: “I was mostly around …
In the 45 years or so in which I have had an interest in birds there have been some changes: One of these is the naming of birds. I will always call a sand martin a sand martin and not a bank swallow. A common guillemot to me is never going to be a common …
