Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve been a bit lax with the moth trap lately. We’ve had visitors, we’ve been away and the weather has been too wet for it to go out so I did virtually no trapping during September. There was a break in the weather last night though and we were home and had time this morning...
Another quiet night on the moth fron. Only 10 moths in the trap. 3x Lunar Underwing 1x Setaceous Hebrew Character 2x Black Rustic 1 x Rosy Rustic 2x Square-spot Rustic 1x Chevron* The Chevron was a new garden record.
I haven’t quite been moth trapping for a whole year yet but it is getting close. Last nights catch was particularly poor and with temperatures down to 4ºC we only had 9 moths in the trap from 5 different species. Some of the first moths we ever caught were there though showing that we’ve been...
We had a few nice days weather-wise on the Isle of Man (as well of course as a few wet ones) so managed to get out for strolls in the countryside. Anna’s Mum has a bit of an allotment that she works on and there is a little apiary there so as budding beekeepers we...
We’re into September, the nights are cooler, autumn is on its way and the range of moths we’re getting in the moth trap is changing to reflect this. There were a few new ones in the trap last night along with large numbers of Setaceous Hebrew Characters, but the Large Yellow Underwings and Dark Arches...
The moth trap went out last night. No rain, moderate winds and a minimum temperature of 15.3ºC resulted in 22 different species, 135 moths in total and one new species to me. Nothing too exciting but quite a large number of Small Square Spots. 22 x Silver Y 4 x Archer’s Dart 13 x Setaceous...
Here’s a new moth that I missed from my moth trapping the other night. It’s a new garden record for me, a ‘Small Argent & Sable’. The garden list keeps growing!
I put the moth trap out again last night and had quite a catch. With light winds most of the night, temperatures staying above 13ºC and light cloud cover it was perfect conditions. As well as the usual suspects there were a number of new garden records as well, with close to 200 moths and...
Weather and days away mean that we haven’t put the moth trap out much lately but I thought I’d risk it last night. It ended up being fairly windy but we still had quite a few moths and some new ones too. Here’s the list from last night. 1 x July Highflyer 10 x Large...
Nothing too exciting in the moth trap last night. A reappearance of the Dark-barred and Red Twin-spot Carpets, both of which have two flight periods. An early one in mid April-June and a later in late July-August. I haven’t seen these for a while but we had both again last night. Otherwise it was pretty...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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