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47712 (making debut on the operation) & 47593 near Brindle 09/08/20 heading to the S&C for the Staycation Express workings
Field Trip - Bramfield Woods - 14/05/19 - Hertfordshire
Well, despite the beautiful warm and sunny days that we have been blessed with recently, the nights have been the complete polar opposite (in fact it was nearly hat, gloves and scarves temperature by midnight, and actually felt like polar conditions in certain areas of the woods).
With the sun not quite strong enough to sustain the evening temperatures at this time of year, if you have a clear sky and bright moon, all of that warmth disappears and you are left with bitter conditions, something the moths unfortunately aren't very fond of!
Still, we soldiered on and set up 8 lights in the North-east corner of the woods, hoping that the elevated areas that had been exposed more to the evening sun would hold their warmth more, we were sort of right, but it just wasn't warm enough, and by packing up time at midnight it was a mere 5 degrees.
Moths came to the lights fairly quickly, in fact one particular species (Small White Wave) was on the wing well before dark and I must have counted over 20 milling about.
Things tailed off at around 11pm and we started packing up the less productive traps.
Some great species were still observed and no less than 36 species were noted in just over 3 hours in harsh conditions, so we couldn't really grumble!
In fact, I always say that it only takes one moth to make it all worthwhile and again we struck gold with a single Cedestis subfasciella, albeit very worn and missing half of it's wing.. by the time I got round to photographing it the next day it had unfortunately expired.
There are only 5 previous Hertfordshire records, another Pine feeding moth, oweing to the great mature stands of Coniferous trees on site.
It was also a new moth for me.
Others species of note were two fresh Lime Hawk-moths, good amount of both Maiden's Blush and Clay Triple-lines (allowing easy comparison between the two) and a few melanic spcimens for good measure, Pale Oak Beauty & Clouded-bordered Brindle.
Hopefully, weather conditions at night will start to finally improve now.
28 Macro and 8 Micro species recorded.
Total : 36 species
13 species were added to the site list which now stands at 109 species for 2019.
Catch Report - 14/05/19 - Bramfield Woods - Hertfordshire - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap, 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 5 traps in total + 3 extra traps provided by Trevor
Macro Moths
Brimstone Moth 5
Brindled Pug 5
Brown Silver-lines 1
Chocolate-tip 2
Clay Triple-lines 5
Clouded Border 1
Clouded-bordered Brindle 1
Common White Wave 4
Dwarf Pug 10
Green Carpet 1
Iron Prominent 1
Least Black Arches 1
Lesser Swallow Prominent 3
Lime Hawk-moth 2
Lobster Moth 1
Maiden's Blush 3
Nut-tree Tussock 20
Ochreous Pug 1
Orange Footman 15
Pale Oak Beauty 2
Pale Tussock 5
Pebble Hook-tip 4
Scalloped Hazel 1
Seraphim 3
Small White Wave 20
Spectacle 1
Spruce Carpet 3
Tawny-barred Angle 1
Micro Moths
Bucculatrix ulmella 1
Cedestis subfasciella 1
Endrosis sarcitrella 1
Epinotia tetraquetrana 1
Eucosma cana 1
Nematopogon swammerdamella 1
Syndemis musculana 2
Tinea trinotella 1
Chloe had surgery a few weeks ago to remove a cancerous tumor on her adrenal gland. It's been a rough road but she's a trooper and is happily chumming it up with her pal, Ranger once again.
A week before the third anniversary of our adopting Lucy. We're out on the Old Town wetlands trail, as we are every weekday morning. When we first got her in December 2014, she wanted to spend most of her time cowering under the futon couch and was terrified of all people. Now, she thinks all people are her best friend AND SHE MUST SAY HELLO. She is perpetually happy and loving.
Please consider adopting a dog or cat from your local shelter or a rescue group. Pet Smart partners with all sorts of rescue groups and shows animals available for adoption at least once a week - that's where we got Lucy, who was saved by a rescue group from a shelter in Mexico, along with her sister. What a joy she's been in our lives. And far cheaper than therapy.
A rare, hard- to- get -her- to- pose shot of her, she hates the camera, and she's such a black-faced bitch only intense direct sun will reveal her facial characteristics! I still had to lighten up the foto in Nikon 5 to see her face!
I have been playing with my really old Sigma 90mm macro that I rediscovered now that I have a Canon. I also discovered a problem. The lens and the camera don't communicate. The camera gives me a communication error at any f-stop other than 2.8. So you will notice in this shot there is a very narrow depth of field. This was manually focused and he wouldn't keep his stare in any one place for long. The dog is Rico, who some of you may recognize. We rescued him about 18 months ago and all is well. I have fallen in love with boxers because of him.
When there's 70 pounds of pure skull and muscle bounding toward you at full speed, there's not much you can do but brace your knees (something a Bullmastiff owner at the dog park taught us when Arch was still little. lol)
I also like this picture because you can see how huge our yard is for being in the city. It's incredible. I can't wait to spend more time out there when it's warm! Speaking of oddities in the city, that truck in the background is so mysterious. We came outside the other day, and from our porch, could see that it was entirely filled with bags that said "goat feed". Ummmm? We are a 5 minute drive from the heart of the city. Our neighborhood is actually within city jurisdiction. Where in the world are these people keeping goats?! I'm sure Arch would be thrilled to know the answer to that as well. haha.