Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Moths, Bats and Duke of Burgundy. (No Birds!) |
Ran the Moth trap Wednesday night and recieved a shock the next moring with about 8 Cock Chafer Beetles inside.. really gross looking things, and together with a fairly lively Wasp made emptying the trap no fun at all! Not too many moths inside, but my first Pale Tussock and Muslin Moths made it worth while. Need to think about changing this trap somehow as most of the moths seem to sit outside it, and the trap gets a pretty small catch at the moment. First sign of sunlight and I may be missing the odd Hawkmoth or Geometridae.
Also experimenting with my bat detector: Have now purchased a Zoom H2 to record from the Detector. A good feature of the H2 is that is can be used to record directly into the PC via USB. So with a 10 metre Phono cable from the detector into the H2, I can sit in the house at my PC running Audacity Software, while the Detector is outside picking up bats! Was quite busy last night with Common Pipistrelle, Natterer's, Noctule and Serotine all making regular appearances.
Called in to Noar Hill on Saturday afternoon and was lucky enough to catch up with about 4 Duke of Burgundy Butterflies. Got excellent views in the bins of this first for me. Was surprised how small they were, which tells you that I didn't do my homework too well! |
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