Good moth trapping

The dampness last night was good for our moth trapping this week. There were six species in the trap this morning. We had 3 of this Dotted Border moth, who was beautifully camouflaged on the bench outside. This was joined by 1 x March Moth, 4 x Yellow Horned, 1 x Hebrew Character, 1 x Mottled Grey and 1 x Chestnut.

We'll be trapping now for the rest of the year and the numbers should increase as the weather warms up.

Today we had a visit from Leeming and Londonderry County Primary School and Elizabeth came to help out. Nineteen children between 7 and 10 years old came to learn about habitats and small creatures. You can see them here spotting lots of frogspawn in the scrapes ponds.

They saw mating Frogs, Toads hopping all over the path to the Wetland, Greylag Geese on the main lake, and lots of little creatures on their walks.

They were well behaved and asked lots of interesting questions. Everybody had a wonderful time!