Useful addition? Thursday 18th May 2017

I've always been interested in the weather, (well it is a British obsession!), and have run an electronic weather station for many years, however since moving back to Wales, although the station has been running and recording I've not really done much with the data.

As a consequence I've moved the station to Pembrey reserve where the data collected can be used in a more informative way.

Data capture unit, ignore the readings, it was initializing!

There's always the danger of vandalism but I think we have to be a bit more optimistic and run the equipment positively.

Equipment in place, I think it's high enough! (and yes it actually is vertical! depending on the angle of view)

The station measures, temperature, wind direction & speed plus, rainfall, pressure, and humidity all pretty useful information. In addition I've installed a separate rain gauge which can be checked/emptied manually on each visit.

Rain gauge

The weather was great this morning after the wet of the last few days and there were a few butterflies on the wing, with Small Blue, Common Blue and Dingy Skipper topping the ratings. An interesting caterpillar turned out to be a Six-spot Burnet Moth

Six-spot Burnet moth caterpillar on Birds-foot Trefoil