Last night I took my moth trap to the pond area to see what I could catch. There were several micro-moths but the only macro was a
Heart and Dart in the hour I was trapping. A
Caddisfly, possibly
Mystacides longicornis was also caught. Given longer, the park could produce some interesting stuff so I will experiment further. Several
Common Frogs and
Common Toads were seen and also 3 or 4 bats, but as I didn't have my bat detector on me I couldn't hazard an identification although they looked like
Pipistrelles at one stage it looked like two of them were having a bit of a dog-fight! Meanwhile, the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter was impressive.
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| Heart and Dart |
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| Mystacides longicornis |
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| Common Toad |
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| Moth trap in action |
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| Venus and Jupiter |
At the station this morning was a
Meadow Brown and a
Large Skipper.
Evening-primroses were in flower.
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| Evening-primrose |
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