When I was asked if I would like to join a trip to Panama, the answer was quite simple, when do we go. I left the UK with my good friend Steve Cale, from Norwich to Amsterdam on 14th October 2024. We met up with the rest of the crew in Amsterdam and arrived in […]
The usual trip to Shetland took place on 26th September, catching the late evening ferry from Aberdeen. The only birds of note were six Sooty Shearwater, the remnants of a large movement of Sooty Shearwater down the Scottish east coast earlier in the day. From the 27th to 4th October we basically stayed on Unst
I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap from my South Derbyshire garden on 20th September – results as follows – Lesser Treble-bar (1); White-point (2); Short-cloaked Moth (1); Brimstone Moth (6); Box Tree Moth (9); Large Yellow Underwing (19); Lesser Yellow Underwing (4); Lunar Underwing (1); Willow beauty form perfumaria (2) – male & female;
I ran my 20w Actinic moth trap from my garden overnight on 16th September 2024 – Results as follows- Large Yellow Underwing 3, Box Tree Moth 3, Pale Mottled Willow 2, Brimstone Moth 1, Light Emerald 1, Small Blood-vein 1, Dusky Thorn 1, Small Dusty Wave 1, Stigmella species (possibly atricapitella on appearance).
My very first Scilly Pelagic took place during 15th -19th August 2024. John and I attended five pelagics, all very well organised by Scilly Pelagics (https://www.scillypelagics.com/). During the trips we saw 41 Wilson’s Petrel; 145 European Storm Petrel; 147 Cory’s Shearwater; 489 Great Shearwater; 20 Sooty Shearwater; 5,300 Manx Shearwater; 8 Bonxie; 1 2cy SOUTH
I ran my usual garden light trap overnight on 27th August 2024 in Melbourne, South Derbyshire. Whilst processing the trap on the morning of 28th August I discovered an unfamiliar Olethreutinae species. I managed to pot it and put it to one side for viewing later. I had a second Olethruetinae species, this time one
I ran my 20W Actinic Moth Trap from my garden, overnight on 23rd July 2024 – Results as follows – Dusky Sallow (1); Leopard Moth (1); Pale Prominent (1); Small Phoenix (1); Riband Wave (18); Chinese Character (1); Marbled Beauty (4); Common Carpet (2); Brimstone Moth (1); Common Rustic agg (2); Uncertain/Rustic agg (3); Scalloped
I went back to India on 15th April 2024, flying out of London Heathrow to Delhi. A return trip for Tigers, as on my last trip some 20 years ago, I lost all my images due to X-Ray scanning. My good friend John Van-der-dol organised the trip through Asian Adventures, and during our 13 day
