Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Heatwave phew and moths Wednesday 21st June 2017

Well its hot, no mistaking that although all change tonight?

At 9am it was 26'c at the shelter to hot for work so just a morning of monitoring, no Strandline Beetles found on the section I checked today but I did find a special moth the Sand Dart.

On the subject of moths I ran the trap overnight on Monday into Tuesday with a great catch with a smattering of common moths plus some "goodies" and a NEW moth for Carmarthenshire a Reddish Light Arches, Apamea sublustris, here are a few pictures.

Reddish Light Arches, new to Carmarthenshire

Broad-barred White Scarce in Carmarthenshire

Shore Wainscot rare in Carmarthenshire Nationally scarce

Shark, uncommon and local


More tales of the sea... one way or another

  Bore da,  croeso pawb. Wedi bod yn bythefnos prysur iawn – mae gwaith y gaeaf ar y gwarchodfeydd natur wedi dechrau, a mae prosiectau erai...