Wild Ryedale
It would be great to have a proper mothtrap but at the moment I get by with my ‘hi-tech’ white sheet. The sheet is tied up between the drain pipe and my pheasant hanging hook; directly underneath the outside light.
I then pop out occasionally and catch any moths into an insect jar then [...]
The spindle goes pretty much unnoticed for the most of the year but when October comes around; this tree, shrub or bush (call it what you will) really comes into its own.
Its leaves turn quickly from lush green through to peach and then a deep [...]
The ‘Elk’s Hair Caddis’ strikes again
With all the rain this year you would think that the fishing would have been a total washout, but not so!
Sure enough there has been plenty of days when getting in the rivers has been impossible but when the rivers haven’t been a raging torrent they have been [...]
OK we’ve all had a good old moan about how bad the weather has been, how seeds haven’t germinated, slugs have eaten everything, poor breeding season for birds, Yorkshire show cancelled, barbecues ruined etc. …and yes it has been terrible…BUT… It looks like the worst is over and there’s not much of the summer left [...]
Bushnell Trophy Cam versus Swann Outback Cam
I am just checking out these two new wildlife cameras. They are motion-sensor (PIR – Passive Infra Red) cameras which means that they will be triggered to record when they detect movement. They also have an infra-red light so that they can record at night as well as [...]
