For one who does not have the luxury of a garden bigger than a garden bench surrounded by street lighting, the lack of reasonable weather to get me out trapping overnight is completely depressing. If it had not been for the huge amount of text to enter onto Yorkshire Moths, I think I would have been tearing my hair out by now.
Having said all that, it is great to have many summer migrant birds in, the pick being a Blue-headed Wagtail at Allerton tip, a silent Cuckoo flying over at Minskip on Friday, then yesterday at Nosterfield NR a pair of superb summer-plumage Black-necked Grebes and a Knot. An hour today spent walking round some pools near Whixley looking for a new trapping site, found several Orange-tip butterflies, and an Anthophila fabriciana or Nettle-tap as it is sometimes known (on checking Yorkshire Moths, a new 10km square record). A site with with good potential.
Let us hope that the weather improves in the next week or two....
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