2nd December The weather has been mirky and uninviting. I wanted to go out and cycle ride somewhere but I would have got wet. So instead I drove to a local wildlife spot which is a flooded field. But alas, the temporary lake is getting smaller and smaller so nothing of note was there (andContinue reading “Advent Species No.2”
Category Archives: Moth
64. Silver Y
It’s unseasonably mild here in my bit of the UK (not warm though!) with the overnight temperature last night falling to 11 C (double it and add thirty for a rough figure in Fahrenheit). There was no wind, barely any rain and good cloud cover, so a great night to survey moths in late autumn.Continue reading “64. Silver Y”
Poplar Hawk-moth
My dad shouted up earlier today (I’m living with the folks during the Covid crisis) ‘there’s two Elephant Hawk-moths on the tree under the bird feeder!’ This I had to see. Now sure enough there were two large hawk-moths right where he said, and they were elephant grey in colour. And they clearly liked eachContinue reading “Poplar Hawk-moth”
42. Hebrew Character
Amongst the cloud of impending doom that is enveloping the human world nature gets on with life, and we can watch it. I have been to my local quieter patch (less human interaction) every day for the last few days and it’s been nice to witness change in just this small space of time. PairingContinue reading “42. Hebrew Character”
A Species a Day 