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
24th September 2024 – After a fine lunch at nearby Willington Marina, we decide to head back home via Foremark Reservoir. Upon arrival (14:10) I set up the scope from the dam wall end and began scanning, I quickly picked up (14:15 approx) 2 Black-headed Gulls and a third gull obviously smaller, with a dark
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).
I ran my 20w actinic moth trap from my garden in south Derbyshire overnight on 9th September – results as follows: Flounce Rustic 1; Setaceous Hebrew Character 3; Lesser Yellow Underwing 3; Large Yellow Underwing 5; Epiphyas postvittana (Light-brown Apple Moth) 1:
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
