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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 happens.
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 ate them!)
By Emily Roberts.
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 was still there but the caterpiller that had turned into a butterfly was gone.
By Emily Roberts.
 2259 Dark Chestnut
| 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. |
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1795 November Moth species
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2229 Brindled Ochre
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2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot
| Week commencing: |
23 October 2009 |
| Date: |
25 October |
| Weather: |
dry, part overcast, min 10.5C, moderate NW winds, 56% moon |
| Trapped: |
yes - 15W actinic |
| No. of moths: |
46 moths |
| No. of species: |
17 species |
| New for 2009: |
November Moth species, Brindled Ochre, Blair’s Shoulder-knot |
| Comments: |
The mild weather is proving very productive with 17 species including 2 Dark Sword-grass and 1 Silver Y migrants. There are three winter-time flying moths that are identical to the naked eye. These are recorded as “November Moth species”. |
 2245 Green-brindled Crescent  2258 The Chestnut
| Week commencing: |
16 October 2009 |
| Date: |
18 October |
| Weather: |
dry, part overcast, min 4C, light W winds, 1% moon |
| Trapped: |
yes - 15W actinic |
| No. of moths: |
51 moths |
| No. of species: |
12 species |
| New for 2009: |
Green-brindled Crescent, The Chestnut |
| Comments: |
Very good numbers considering the time of year. |
Keren Davies has a chrysalis under her forget-me-nots in her garden. It is really intricate. She will keep us posted on its progress.
 2263 Red-line Quaker  2267 Beaded Chestnut
| Week commencing: |
9 October 2009 |
| Date: |
11 October |
| Weather: |
dry, clear, min 4C, light N winds, 40% moon |
| Trapped: |
yes - 15W actinic |
| No. of moths: |
9 moths |
| No. of species: |
5 species |
| New for 2009: |
Red-line Quaker, Beaded Chestnut |
| Comments: |
Cold. |
 1764 Common Marbled Carpet
| Week commencing: |
2 October 2009 |
| Date: |
4 October |
| Weather: |
dry, part overcast, min 11C, light W winds, 97% moon |
| Trapped: |
yes - 15W actinic |
| No. of moths: |
15 moths |
| No. of species: |
5 species |
| New for 2009: |
none |
| Comments: |
The most numerous moth was 9 Common Marbled Carpet. |
 2270 Lunar Underwing
| Week commencing: |
25 September 2009 |
| Date: |
27 September |
| Weather: |
dry, clear, min 9.5C, light N winds, 60% moon |
| Trapped: |
yes - 15W actinic |
| No. of moths: |
29 moths |
| No. of species: |
7 species |
| New for 2009: |
Lunar Underwing |
| Comments: |
Lunar Underwing had also been recorded on 24 September, coming to a 125W MV light, as part of a Workshop Under The Sky activity. |
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WASP We are St Mark's CE Primary School in Morwenstow, Cornwall. This blog records results and events to do with our Wild About Science Project.
We have mapped the various habitats in the school grounds and are recording the wildlife species. We are also running scientific experiments examining different aspects of the flora and fauna.
Between March and November we contributed to the Garden Moth Scheme 2009 - a national scientific survey of moth species. The final count of macro (big) moths is shown below.
Total macro moth species:-  | 125 |
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