St Mark's WASP

The results of the moth trapping to week 36 are shown below:

I have lots of sparrows in my garden. I feed them everyday with seeds.In the winter we make a shelter for them .I will let you know if sparrows are in the shelter.Â
by Henry Lumley

Week commencing:
6 November 2009

Date:
8 November

Weather:
dry, clear, min 1C, moderate N winds, 45% moon

Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic

No. of moths:
5 moths

No. of species:
5 species

New for 2009:
none

Comments:
A disappointing COLD night to finish the Garden Moth Scheme.

suprisingly the moth in my garden has come out of its chrysaliss.We are all hoping it will make it through the winter.

The school’s moth and bat evening went off with a bang on the 18th of September 2009. In the early evening we searched the school grounds for moths and bats. The bats began to gobble up the moths and only hung around the black soupy depths of the dimly lit sky.
Katie Loader.

Katie found a small brown moth about the size of a thumb nail. It looked evil and vaguely menacing.

Hedgehogs will be finding warm places to sleep through the winter soon so I am going to make a house for hedgehogs in my garden.  First I will  put out some food to see if there are any hedgehogs about  in our garden or to try and get some to come in!  I ll let you know what [...]

Me and my brother are making a mouse town we have dug holes and put grass in them, and we have made shelters out of wood and nails. We got some black berries for their food, and other things. A couple of days later all the black berries were gone, ( we don’t know if the squirrels [...]

When me and my brother were playing in the drive way, I picked up a brick and saw what i think was a chrysallis,  it was white and I think it was made out of silk. I blew at it gently and it moved. I went in for lunch  but when I came back out the silk [...]

Week commencing:
30 October 2009

Date:
30 October

Weather:
showers, min 12C, light SW winds, 93% moon

Trapped:
yes - 15W actinic

No. of moths:
41 moths

No. of species:
10 species

New for 2009:
Dark Chestnut

Comments:
Good numbers for the time of year.