Starting off 2023 list already! 7 Winter moths - Operophtera brumata around the front door
Last years thread for newcomers can be found here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/279008/butterflies-and-moths-2022
Not sure what I will find this year as I will be possibly be doing more travelling in the UK
Cin J
23rd April
Tortrix family
light brown apple moth
I used my magnifying glass to see it even closer and then left It alone
i was desperate to attract a Butterfly to the garden so while im getting plants for the pond I thought I may aswell get a plant that’s highly attractive to pollinators with the plants for pollinators logo
I usually grow wildflowers from seed and the other plants in the garden like Budlea don’t flower until summer so I don’t usually get butterflys in the garden until summer and I couldn’t really wait for any more seedlings to grow and flower cause none have flowered yet. it’s almost May already now. The plant worked and It was very exiteing. I got back from getting a trawl when a cabbage white came and flew strait to the plant ignoring everything else
Small white.
Well done Zo. What kind of plant is it? And what is a 'Trawl' you were out getting ... . Just wondering.
Scabiosa Butterfly blue it is very Wildlife friendly
This is a trawl And this is what a trawl looks like
It’s like a spade and it’s for gardening
Daniels Brook
2nd May 2023
screenshots from my video of a orange tip I took at Daniels Brook today cause it wouldn’t stay still for a photo
orange tip
speckled wood