Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It wasn’t a great night last night as far as moth trapping goes. I don’t think we can blame the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano either as there was no sign of it during last nights sunset. The temperatures dropped to 3.4ºC and the winds were light. Morgan has some friends coming over after...
After our pretty harsh winter, everything in the garden is tentatively poking its head out to see if Spring really has arrived. It’s nice to see everything coming back to life and despite the weather most things seem to have made it through. All the activity prompted us to get the garden furniture out of...
It was a good night for the moth trap last night. 72 moths in total, my first ever Emperor Moth, 17 different species, 6 of them new to the garden list. Emperor Moth* x1 Pale Pinion* x1 Early Thorn x2 Double-striped Pug x4 Brindled Pug* x1 Small Quaker x27 Hebrew Character x9 Early Grey x6...
A new species for the garden list last night and an impressive one at that so I thought it deserved a post of its own! I popped out to check the trap last night and was about to catch a tiny little Pug that was on the sheet beneath the trap when ‘Thwuuuump‘ something big...
I thought last night would be a good night for the Moth Trap. It was raining heavily to start with so I didn’t put it out until later, but the winds had eased, the temperatures were mild – only dropping to 7.7ºC and the damp conditions seemed ideal for moths. The catch was as follows:...
I was looking up the details of the Pine Beauty moth that I caught in our trap over the weekend. The 1988 Nature Conservancy Council publication “The Moths of Ceredigion” by Adrian Fowles says that the Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) is unusually rare in the county and that only eight specimens had been recorded. I’m...
My first full year moth-trapping is going to be an exciting one. Not only does it coincide with the formation of the new Ceredigion Moth Group which should keep me busy, but there is the chance of seeing new species almost every time I put the trap out. I starting writing this post about a...
April is here, the days are getting longer and despite the cold temperatures there were some new moths in the trap last night. Early Grey x1 Hebrew Character x4 Pine Beauty x1 * Small Quaker x1 * Common Quaker x1 * Red Chestnut x1 *= New Garden Record The Pine Beauty is indeed a Beauty!...
I had a good day at the Cardiganshire Moth Workshop in Borth on Saturday. There was a good attendance with 12 people there, including some from further south in the County which is promising. We started off going through the contents of some moth traps that had been left out the night before. The one...
Sunday dawned and time for the End of Month Ride. The weather forecast was terrible, but once up at Pendam although it looked pretty murly and was quite chilly all looked OK. I met Dave, John, Jimmy and James there and after the usual pfaff and chat in the car park we headed off. The...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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