Friday 5 March 2010

Tree planting at Orton 13th and 20th March

"Diggin' the Trees" Community woodland planting day at Orton 13th March 2010, 11.00 - 3.00

Please come again on 20 March from 11am until 3pm to help finish the job.

We hope to plant coppice, orchard and nature trail among the majority woodland space. An island of trees surrounded by a sea of sheep grazed pasture.....

Please bring sandwiches though I'm told the Chuch Hall is doing cream teas as it's farmers' market day

Meet near High Rigg, Orton.

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Monthly max bird count to Feb 2010

The linked table below shows the maximum count of each bird species seen primarily in our back garden near Bampton Cumbria in NY51 VC69 (and in our surrounding 1km square) in the period from November 2007 until February 2010. We've now seen a total of 46 species, with a good total of 24 species last month.

Full Lake View Monthly Max Bird Count Seen table

Species Feb-10
Blackbird 6
Blue tit 4
Brambling
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Carrion crow
Chaffinch 14
Coal tit 2
Collared dove
Curlew
Dunnock 2
Fieldfare 20
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Great spotted woodpecker 2
Great tit 2
Greenfinch 6
Grey heron 1
Jackdaw 5
Jay 2
Kestrel 1
Linnet
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
Mistle thrush
Nuthatch
Pheasant 1
Pied wagtail
Redstart
Redwing 1
Reed bunting 3
Robin 3
Siskin
Skylark
Song thrush 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Spotted flycatcher
Starling 1
Stock dove 2
Swallow
Swift
Tawny owl 2
Willow warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren 1
Yellowhammer 1
Total: 46 24

Moth records for 2009

Here is a summary of my moth records for 2009 for our back garden near Bampton Cumbria in NY51 VC69. The moths were primarily caught using my Skinner trap that has an 80W MV bulb. Our height asl is 260m. The immediate vicinity is rough grassland and mixed woods but very soon we are surrounded by grass sheep fields. Some non-moth records have sneaked in.

Let me know if you have queries about any of these records.

Names Date Count Photo
Hebrew Character 12/04/2009 1
Hebrew Character 20/04/2009 2
Clouded silver 27/05/2009 1 IMGP7046
Flame carpet 27/05/2009 1 IMGP7060
Spectacle 27/05/2009 1 IMGP7059
Brown silver-line 27/05/2009 1 IMGP7065
Flame shoulder 27/05/2009 1 IMGP7063
Brimstone Moth 28/05/2009 1 IMGP7069
Cockchafer 29/05/2009 2 IMGP7082_Cockchafer.JPG
Lunar thorn 29/05/2009 2 IMGP7117a_LunarThorn.JPG
Brimstone Moth 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7118_BrimstoneMoth.JPG
Clouded silver 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7102
Spectacle 29/05/2009 1
Scalloped hazel 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7092
Peppered moth 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7121_PepperedMoth.JPG
Flame shoulder 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7101
Common carpet 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7113_CommonCarpet.JPG
Common marbled carpet 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7108_CommonMarbledCarpet.JPG
Chinese character 29/05/2009 1 IMGP7112a_ChineseCharacter.JPG
Beautiful golden Y 01/06/2009 1 IMGP7140.JPG
Common swift 01/06/2009 1 IMGP7151.JPG
Brown silver-line 01/06/2009 1 IMGP7157.JPG
Ruby tiger 01/06/2009 1 IMGP7154_RubyTiger.JPG
Spectacle 09/06/2009 1
Green carpet 13/06/2009 1 IMGP7183a.jpg
Flame shoulder 13/06/2009 1
Brimstone Moth 13/06/2009 2 IMG_8824.jpg
Beautiful golden Y 13/06/2009 2 IMGP7171.JPG
Lunar thorn 13/06/2009 1 IMG_8843a.jpg
Silver ground carpet 13/06/2009 1 IMGP7177.JPG
Flame shoulder 21/06/2009 1 IMGP7214.JPG
Silver ground carpet 21/06/2009 2 IMGP7202.JPG
Common swift 21/06/2009 2 IMGP7204.JPG,IMGP7229a.JPG
Map winged swift 21/06/2009 1 IMGP7220a.JPG
Spectacle 21/06/2009 1 IMGP7211a.JPG
Silver-ground carpet 24/06/2009 1 IMGP7242.JPG
Map winged swift 24/06/2009 2 IMG_9000.jpg
Common swift 24/06/2009 1
Spectacle 24/06/2009 1
Flame shoulder 24/06/2009 2
Large yellow underwing 24/06/2009 1 IMG_9029a_LargeYellowUnderwing.JPG
Green carpet 24/06/2009 1 IMG_9035.jpg
Beautiful golden Y 24/06/2009 2 IMG_9030a.JPG
Red twin-spot carpet 24/06/2009 1 IMG_9038a.JPG
Coronet 24/06/2009 1 IMG_9042a.JPG
Broken barred carpet 24/06/2009 1 IMG_9015a.JPG
Flame 24/06/2009 1 IMG_9014a_TheFlame.JPG
Map winged swift 26/06/2009 5
Silver Y 26/06/2009 2 IMG_9107.jpg
Green carpet 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9108.jpg
Common swift 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9109.jpg
Beautiful golden Y 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9111a.jpg
Brimstone Moth 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9119.jpg
Silver-ground carpet 26/06/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 26/06/2009 1
Heart and Dart 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9123a.jpg
Light emerald 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9118a.jpg
Spectacle 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9121a.jpg
Flame 26/06/2009 1
Snout 26/06/2009 1 IMG_9112a.jpg
Chimney sweeper 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9238_ChimneySweeper.jpg
Ringlet 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9244a_Ringlet.jpg
Map winged swift 01/07/2009 10 IMG_9247.jpg
Silver-ground carpet 01/07/2009 4
Barred yellow 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9249a_BarredYellow.jpg
Spectacle 01/07/2009 2 IMG_9288.jpg
Flame shoulder 01/07/2009 2 IMG_9276.jpg
Light emerald 01/07/2009 3 IMG_9270.jpg
Peppered moth 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7284a_Peppered.jpg
Green carpet 01/07/2009 2 IMG_9289.jpg
Silver Y 01/07/2009 2
White ermine 01/07/2009 2 IMG_9294.jpg,IMGP7279a_WhiteErmine.jpg
Barred straw 01/07/2009 3 IMGP7269a_BarredStraw.jpg
Poplar hawkmoth 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9302a_PoplarHawkmoth.jpg
Grey dagger 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7285a_Dagger.jpg
Common footman 01/07/2009 1
Swallow prominent 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7292a_SwallowProminent.jpg
Lempke's gold spot 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9259b_LempkesGoldSpot.jpg,IMGP7266a_LempkesGoldSpot.jpg
Burnished brass 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9327a_BurnishedBrass.jpg
Common wave 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7282a.jpg
Plain golden Y 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9297a.jpg
Snout 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9287a.jpg,IMG_9316a_Snout.jpg
Flame 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9280a_TheFlame.jpg
Muslin footman 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7270a_MuslinFootman.jpg
Dark arches 01/07/2009 5 IMG_9312b.jpg
Brown china-mark 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9313a.jpg
Clay 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7307a_GrassVeneer.jpg
Garden Grass-veneer 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9312a.jpg
Small magpie 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9305a_SmallMagpie.jpg
Small dusty wave 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9267a.jpg
Ingrailed clay 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9309a.jpg
Coronet 01/07/2009 1 IMG_9310a.jpg
Spruce carpet 01/07/2009 1 IMGP7308a.jpg
Map winged swift 05/07/2009 9 IMGP7331.JPG
Silver-ground carpet 05/07/2009 1 IMGP7325.JPG
Brimstone Moth 07/07/2009 1
Flame shoulder 07/07/2009 1
Silver Y 07/07/2009 1
Silver-ground carpet 07/07/2009 1
Dark arches 07/07/2009 1
Snout 08/07/2009 3 IMG_9385.jpg
Map winged swift 08/07/2009 3
Flame 08/07/2009 1
Brimstone Moth 08/07/2009 1
Silver-ground carpet 08/07/2009 1
Snout 09/07/2009 4
Flame shoulder 09/07/2009 2
Silver-ground carpet 09/07/2009 1
Ghost moth 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9419a_Ghost_Female.jpg
Large yellow underwing 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9407.jpg
Muslin footman 09/07/2009 1
Antler moth 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9406a_Antler.jpg
Flame 09/07/2009 2
Brimstone Moth 09/07/2009 1
Green carpet 09/07/2009 1
Barred yellow 09/07/2009 1
Barred straw 09/07/2009 2
Dark arches 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9399a_DarkArches.jpg
Flame carpet 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9415a_FlameCarpet.jpg
Double square spot 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9422a_DoubleSquareSpot.jpg
Silver Y 09/07/2009 1 IMGP7338a_SilverY.jpg
Coronet 09/07/2009 1 IMG_9420a.jpg
Common carpet 09/07/2009 1 IMGP7355a_CommonCarpet.jpg
Muslin footman 01/08/2009 1
Map winged swift 01/08/2009 2 img10213a.jpg
Gold spot 01/08/2009 1 img10222a.jpg,img10235a.jpg
Burnished brass 01/08/2009 1
Clay 01/08/2009 1 img10259a.jpg
Common plume 01/08/2009 1 img10249a.jpg
Antler moth 01/08/2009 1 img10250a_Antler.jpg
Twin-spot carpet 01/08/2009 1 img10215a.jpg
Riband wave 01/08/2009 1 img10233a_RibandWave.jpg
Scalloped oak 01/08/2009 1 img10248a.jpg
Dark arches 01/08/2009 1 img10220a_DarkArches.jpg
Brimstone Moth 05/08/2009 1
Antler moth 05/08/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 05/08/2009 10 img10271
Dark arches 05/08/2009 1
Silver Y 05/08/2009 1 img10278
Muslin footman 05/08/2009 1
Snout 05/08/2009 3 img10276a
Flame carpet 05/08/2009 1 img10280a_FlameCarpet
Common footman 05/08/2009 1
Riband wave 05/08/2009 1 img10264a_RibandWave
Sexton beetle 07/08/2009 1 IMGP7400a_SextonBeetle
Antler moth 07/08/2009 3
Large yellow underwing 07/08/2009 10 img10329a
Dark arches 07/08/2009 1 img10321
Burnished brass 07/08/2009 1 img10335a_BurnishedBrass
Common footman 07/08/2009 1
Barred straw 07/08/2009 1 img10342a_BarredStraw
Muslin footman 07/08/2009 1 IMGP7402a_MuslinFootman
Barred Red 07/08/2009 1 IMGP7398_BarredRed
Rosy Minor 07/08/2009 1 img10370a_RosyMinor
Tawny speckled pug 07/08/2009 1 img10362a_TawnySpeckledPug
Twin-spot carpet 07/08/2009 1 IMGP7396a_TwinSpotCarpet
Snout 07/08/2009 1 img10337a_Snout
Silver ground carpet 07/08/2009 1 img10353a
large yellow underwing 16/08/2009 5
Silver Y 16/08/2009 1 img10409_SliverY
Common carpet 16/08/2009 4 img10411_CommonCarpet
Flame carpet 16/08/2009 4 img10405_FlameCarpet
Large yellow underwing 17/08/2009 5 img10420a_YellowUnderwing
Flame carpet 17/08/2009 2
Common carpet 17/08/2009 1 img10431a_CommonCarpet
Grey chi 17/08/2009 2 img10432_GreyChi
Snout 17/08/2009 1
Centre-barred sallow 17/08/2009 1 img10430a_CentreBarredSallow
Dark arches 17/08/2009 1
Flounced rustic 21/08/2009 1 img10445a_FlouncedRustic
Dark arches 21/08/2009 1
Flame shoulder 21/08/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 21/08/2009 1
Garden Carpet 22/08/2009 2 img10469a_GardenCarpet
Antler moth 22/08/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 22/08/2009 5
Dark arches 22/08/2009 1
Flame shoulder 22/08/2009 1
Centre-barred sallow 22/08/2009 2 img10466_CentreBarredSallow
Flame carpet 22/08/2009 1
Common marbled carpet 26/08/2009 2 img10473a_CommonMarbledCarpet
Flame shoulder 26/08/2009 1
Centre-barred sallow 26/08/2009 3
Grey chi 26/08/2009 2
Large yellow underwing 26/08/2009 10
Common carpet 26/08/2009 1
Dark marbled carpet 27/08/2009 1
Grey chi 27/08/2009 1
Silver Y 02/09/2009 1
Lesser yellow underwing 05/09/2009 1
Common marbled carpet 05/09/2009 2
Large yellow underwing 07/09/2009 1
Garden Carpet 07/09/2009 1
Silver Y 07/09/2009 1
Autumn green carpet 07/09/2009 1 img10500a_AutumnGreenCarpet
Lesser yellow underwing 10/09/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 10/09/2009 1
Garden Carpet 10/09/2009 1
Grey chi 14/09/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 14/09/2009 3
Lesser yellow underwing 14/09/2009 1
Dark arches 14/09/2009 1
Red-green carpet 14/09/2009 2 img10515_RedGreenCarpet
Dark arches 17/09/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 17/09/2009 1
Silver Y 18/09/2009 1
Large yellow underwing 18/09/2009 23
Lesser yellow underwing 18/09/2009 2
Pine carpet 18/09/2009 2
Dark arches 18/09/2009 1
Autumnal rustic 18/09/2009 1 img10537a_AutumnalRustic
Large wainscot 18/09/2009 1 img10541a_LargeWainscot
Red-green carpet 18/09/2009 2
Centre-barred sallow 18/09/2009 1
Spruce carpet 18/09/2009 1 img10540_SpruceCarpet
Rosy rustic 18/09/2009 2 img10538a_RosyRustic
Common marbled carpet 19/09/2009 1
Black rustic 19/09/2009 1 img10543_BlackRustic
Large yellow underwing 19/09/2009 13
Autumn green carpet 19/09/2009 1
Silver Y 19/09/2009 1
Rosy rustic 19/09/2009 1
Spruce carpet 23/09/2009 10
Lesser yellow underwing 24/09/2009 1
Common marbled carpet 24/09/2009 2
Spruce carpet 24/09/2009 2
Rosy rustic 25/09/2009 1
Green-brindled crescent 25/09/2009 1 IMGP7446a_GreenBrindledCrescent
Autumn green carpet 25/09/2009 4 IMGP7447
Large yellow underwing 25/09/2009 5
Spruce carpet 25/09/2009 4
Red-green carpet 01/10/2009 1
Spruce carpet 01/10/2009 1
Silver ground carpet 05/10/2009 1
Spruce carpet 13/10/2009 2
Yellow-line quaker 13/10/2009 1 IMGP7453a_YellowLineQuaker
Brown-spot pinion 13/10/2009 1 IMGP7452a_BrownSpotPinion
November Moth agg. 13/10/2009 1 IMGP7458a_November
Feathered thorn 15/10/2009 2 img10660a_FeatheredThorn
Spruce carpet 15/10/2009 5
Red-green carpet 15/10/2009 2 img10659a_RedGreenCarpet
November Moth agg. 15/10/2009 2
Rosy rustic 15/10/2009 1 img10665a_RosyRustic
Spruce carpet 17/10/2009 4
November Moth agg. 17/10/2009 1
Red-green carpet 17/10/2009 1
Total species count: 81 Total moths count: 436