Friday, 10 July 2015

Penmoelallt: Life in the Freezer!

On Thursday night, I joined Jake and Mike Powell for a moth trapping session, near the outdoor classroom, at Penmoelallt. A cloudy, mild evening had been forecast and although clear when we got there, we hoped that the cloud would roll in from somewhere. It didn't and the temperatures plunged from 11.4 C when we started, at 22:00 to a dew soaked 7.8 C by the time we knocked off at 01:30.
Despite the chilly conditions, we had a successful night, with around 90 species recorded between three traps. The highlight was undoubtedly a Cloaked Pug, which was the first for Breconshire (VC42).



Coincidentally, I was also with Jake and Mike when they trapped the first and only Cloaked Pug in Glamorgan, just above Cefnpennar, in 1998: remember that Martin?

Sometime after 01:00, while Mike and I were looking at my trap, we heard an Oystercatcher calling as it flew over us, unseen.
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  1. M.Bevan10 July 2015 at 22:41

    yesi do mark and remember jake was bouncing over it

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  2. Mark Evans11 July 2015 at 06:37

    He couldn't bounce too much this time, as he had just had an operation on his ankle and was on crutches. Norman Lowe, the recorder for VC42, was probably doing the bouncing.

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  3. M.Bevan11 July 2015 at 07:10

    Yes i bet he was mark and a great find and hope jake is gettting well as he was on crutches for the cuckoo too .

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