A great weekend in Tywyn was had by all. Some “Mothyn”, “Walkyn”, “Lazyn” on the Beach “Sunyn” and “Eatyn” – Superb. Here’s the results. First the Moth Trap – Overnight on 30th July – Garden Trap using a 125watt Blended Bulb – 40 species – 70 moths – Highlights apart from photos below – Magpie Moth; […]
Sunday 24th July and I spent the day with my wife Helen, at the RSPB reserve of Bempton Cliffs, on the Yorkshire Coast near Bridlington. A great place for sea bird photography as the cliff faces are covered in Kittiwakes, Gannets and Auks during the breeding season. At this time of the year though, many of
The following images are a selection of moths that were trapped overnight on 20th July 2016 at Spring Cottages, Overseal, Leicestershire. Agriphila selasella – above 3 images – A localised species – Tony Davison© – Note the white longitudinal streak, that splits into three or four fine branches Coleophora deauratella – above 2 images – One
A Sabine’s Gull was discovered at Carr Vale in Derbyshire early morning of the 13th July. It soon flew off with the local Black-headed Gulls and disappointingly, I assumed that was the end of that. Sabine’s Gull would be a new bird for my Derbyshire List. At 5pm Glyn called me to say that the
A Great White Egret was found by a close friend at Willington Gravel Pits on Saturday 9th July 2016 and a White-winged Black Tern had been present at Rother Valley Country Park near Sheffield, for a couple of days. So, that was Sunday (10th July) morning sorted. Year List moves on to 202 A few
Having missed a couple of Great Knot in Alaska by a few days, it was a little disconcerting when I heard of one turning up at Titchwell in North Norfolk. Little did I know at the time that it would stick around, giving me a chance of seeing it on my arrival back in UK.
SEWARD – Is a small city located on the south coast of Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula. It is the ninth most lucrative fisheries port in the United States, the main industry, followed by tourism. Seward is unusual among most Alaskan communities in that it has road access in the Seward Highway from Seward to
NOME – (pronounced Noum) – June 9th – 12th 2016 – Well there’s no place like Nome, as the saying goes! Located on the edge of the Bering Sea, on the South West side of the Seward Peninsula, the only way to enter is by air or sea. With a population of around 3,500, Nome
