Well Friday night and Saturday morning proved most worth while lots of Pipistrelle bats and some interesting moths the cold weather did not help the flight of moths and should imagine that the bats did not do as well as they might in this unseasonal weather. Actually saw bats in day light on the way home at 4:30am after closing down the moth trap.
The eleven visitors that came along for our walk on Friday night identified the three moths we caught as from top to bottom a Small Angle Shades, Six Strip Rustic and a Sallow Kitten.
On Saturday Morning five visitors arrived to see what we had caught and help identify them. We had one to identify from the previous night and three from the moth trap, these were from top to bottom a Marbled Beauty on the Friday a Plain Golden Y, Common Wainscot, and a Flame Shoulder over night.
Although we did not catch a huge number of moths the experience of identifying the moths and learning about their season of flight and food plants of the larva was very interesting.
The Crook of Baldoon will be trying to do three of these events in 2013 in late spring, mid season and early autumn.
Every one huddled round to identify the moths.
Alexa helping to identify one of the moths
Hi Paul.
Thank you for a enjoyable morning, identifying Moths, what a great way to get us involved in finding some of the invertebrates, on the reserve, 7 Moths which are attracted to light, a list which will grow, also Paul, nice to see something which highlights. The Wildlife found on the Machars.