Sunday 30 December 2018

2018 the most fantastic year.........

No rares , no year list , no big  twitches and no organised moth nights (by me) but what a fantastic year .
Simple local birding and lots of it with 10 species of local raptor , the best year ever for Owls you could see all 5 British owls in a day in August no problem   the most fantastic year for butterfly's in my lifetime with 23 species seen by me in  Calderdale and 18 species seen within a mile radius of my house . A few beautiful local rare moths......Red Carpet , Grey -shoulder knot and Pale Prominent....and endless sunshine..................
Happy new year and lets hope 2019 is half as good.......
Red Carpet (so good)
  Finally after predicting this 10 years ago it turned up at hedge top lane , a first for Calderdale...

1 comment:

Brian Sumner . said...

Well done Andy, its all down to you putting in the time and effort and its all the more satisfying if its local. Hope it continues for you through 2019. All the best.