Since my last post I have managed to get in a few short seawatch sessions at Craster at the north end of my patch. There are a few ...

Here is a little drab micro moth I caught the other night in the garden. Its 1365 Pyrausta despicata. Most of its relatives in this country...

My route to and from work drives right past a nice, medium sized, Northumberland estuary. Complete with mini mudflats and saltmarsh, the ...

This afternoon I decided to brave the throngs of Robson Green disciples and head off down to Craster to see if I can add Common Tern to my f...

A good catch last night, the full list is on here , of 458 moths of 86 species. More with one trap than  the night before's two! Best ...

For the first time, last night I ran two traps in the garden, my usual 125w Robinson plus one on loan from Roger Forster, a 125w Skinner. ...

At last, a blog post in July! What afew weeks we have had with IT problems here. It all started in June when the broadband connection coll...

A short walk this evening in our tiny village wood found 12 male Gold Swifts doing their pendulum display dance along the rides. There were ...

What a lovely day to sit around the garden today. Jane is away to Newcastle with friends so I've pottered around cutting the grass and t...

On Sunday I met up with John at the Warkworth Beach Car Park. First thing it was sunny and pleasant but this soon deteriorated into dull coo...

Whenever we visit this part of Scotland we like to have a day trip over to Tobermory on the island of Mull. We take the small roll on ro...

During the week away, we made a couple of visits up to Ariundle Oakwoods to look for butterflies. This is a lovely spot with some ancient a...

[Hello all. If you have already read this edition prior to Sunday 14th June, please accept my apologies. This was a 'lazy' post, and...