Superb warm sunny day today, so we were out in the garden enjoying the weather around lunchtime when an Orange underwing moth flew low through the garden. First time I’ve seen one at home on the edge of the golf course, normally see them around the areas of Birch on the site. This was my first sighting of the year too. This prompted us to pop over to Wolves wood to try and see if Light orange underwing was out. First obstacle was that the wood was VERY wet, and, with only walking boots on not wellies we didn’t go all the way around the site. Made it to the best ride for the species and waited around for about 45 minutes scanning the tree-tops in the warm sunshine but no luck. Perhaps they haven’t emerged yet. So a word of warning if tempted to go and have a look for the moth at Wolves wood make sure you have your wellies if not you won’t get far as a lot of the tracks are underwater!
Neil