Hi Peter, No sorry, should have made it more clear. of all the records including Bugs, butterflies, spider, birds, rodents, water bugs, bats etc etc, they the total was 809 speices. Moth spieces 147. 3 of us were down by the ford with light to sheet & two 125MV skinners at 100mtr intervals into ...

Hi All, The Lancashire moth group moth count for bioblitz was 147 speices including 40 leaf mines. Full write up for the moth side of things is now on www.lancashiremoths & the grand total of speices for the day was 809 in total, just short of the national record which was taken down south somew...

Hi Phil,
Map Mate says new 10 K record.

Cheers Eddie

Pleasure Carol, you can borrow me anytime and the trap.

Hi All,
Dob Brow Pastures, SD 568160, Park up on Dob Brow at the Chorley end, follow the path through the gate keeping to the right, 200 yard ish & the pignut starts on the right of the path, 350 Chimney Sweepers moths were counted today at 2pm.

Cheers Eddie

Two flowers at top of Burgh Hall road, behind visitors centre just before Kissing gate. 20th April.

Eddie

Hi Duxbury Rambler,
A bit difficult to ID your moth from a photo, it"s a very worn specimen, 15mm long, But I"d go for a Battered worn Chestnut,

Eddie

Hi All, What a cracking morning, plenty of moths in the traps. Home garden 50 moths to 7 speices. German Lane portable trap 23 moths to 8 speices. Lower Burgh Meadows east side 247 moths to 11 speices, including 126 Common Quaker & 66 Hebrew Character. Valley Farm German Lane 91 moths to 8 speic...

Small Tortoiseshell German Lane Sd 561172.
Red Admiral In my Garden SD561182.

About 20 house sparrows, visiting my Wild Flower Roof Garden, ripping out old growth for nesting material, Blue tits taking moss into Tree Trunk box, Great tits building more calmly, Wood pigeons in front conifer, seem to have lost the eggs/chicks, but still visiting nest regularly. Any advice on Wi...

Swallow just spotted passing my house in euxton 11.45am.
Disturb a woodcock this morning on Lower burgh Meadows 7.30am.

Eddie

A Sparrow Hawk came over the side gate, swooped down & up to pass the bird table within 18 inches & then settled on the back fence, still hungry. Blackbirds very busy building nest in Ivy glad garage. Was away at weekend, but neighbour told me 6 Buzzards circling over Bredon Avenue, euxton s...

Map ref for toads on Well Lane Brinscal, thursday 25th March 2010. 10PM
SD628213. ( multi map )
Quatity 24

Eddie

Thanks Joyce,
We stopped the car several times & got out with our head torches, we did see a mating pair on the road, temp was 8c. unfortunately as well lane comes to the t Juction at the bottom of the hill, there must have been about 10 squash.

Eddie

Light to sheet at Brinscal wood tonight produce 102 moths to 16 species, including engrailed ( 10 ) Oak Beauty ( 6 ) Yellow Horned ( 30 ) Woodcock flew over at dusk. Coming away at 10pm, we had to go very carefully avoiding the 25 Toads on the road. In my Garden today House Sparrows garthering old s...