Category: Nature

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Plight of the Bees

Scientists have warned that the loss of bees could be a blow to UK economy, that would cost up to £440m per year. If that’s the case, then why can’t the government offer grants to people like me who want to set up a beehive (or two) in the garden. The £500 or so that...

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Yellow Tail Caterpillar

I don’t know if its just the fact that I’m looking more this year or if there really is more wildlife in the garden, but here’s a caterpillar of a Yellow Tail moth that I’ve just spotted.

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Garden Insects

Amazon.co.uk Widgets Seeing it is National Insect Week I thought I’d best write something about the insects in the garden. Especially seeing as Morgan and I seem to be getting more and more interested in them. I’m certainly no entomologist but I’m amazed by the diversity of insects you can find in the garden if...

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Garden Updates

The weather has been great for the garden so far this year. A lack of wind has given everything a much needed boost and as long as I remember to water the new plants all is growing well. The Irises are now fading, as are the Forget-me-Nots and Foxgloves, but many other things are in...

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Moth Trapping

Another good night for the moth trap. Light winds and temperatures held up with a minimum of 9.6ºC so the trap was full this morning. Lots of micro moths but I’m not taking too much notice of those at the moment as I’m trying to familiarise myself with the macro moths first, but some of...

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More Garden Moths

As it was Father’s Day on Sunday and my present from Morgan was a collection of moth pots to allow me to store and identify the moths a little easier I put the trap out again on Saturday Night. When we returned from out Nightjar and Glow Worm Walk, Morgan and I had a little...

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Nightjars and Glowworms Walk

Saturday was certainly a busy day. Moth trapping, invertebrates of Cors Fochno, barbeque, windsurf and then at 9pm we headed off to RSPB Ynyshir for a Nightjars and Glow worms walk. Caroline led the walk and there was the three of us, plus about 8 other people in attendance. We were a little early really...

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Invertebrates of Cors Fochno

We had a small gathering of the Ceredigion Moth Group on Saturday. We met up at the Visitor Centre in Ynyslas Dunes and went through the contents of my trap and a trap that Mike brought along. It’s good to see the contents of other peoples traps as it is surprising how different the collection...

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Friday Night Moths

Not a bad night last night in the moth trap. Light winds, a tiny bit of rain and temperatures down to 8ºC. There was plenty in the trap and I went through the contents with a few people from the Ceredigion Moth Group at a meeting we had today (I’ll blog about that separately). There...

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Ceredigion Moth Group Meeting

Plans are a foot for a little meet up of the Ceredigion Moth Group on Saturday. It’s all fairly informal, just a get together to go through the contents of a couple of traps. Hopefully one from the dunes, one from the bog and my trap from the garden here. After that, we’ll probably have...