2025 – Nora Boyle

24 April 2025 -Kings Wood

1. Micro moth leaf miner Stigmella aurella, Kings Wood
2. Male Green veined white, Kings Wood.
3. Gall on Oak, Kings Wood (awaiting an ID).
4. Growth on bark of tree, Kings Wood
5. Bark of Sweet Chestnut, Kings Wood.
6 . Bluebells, Kings Wood.

  1. Micro moth leaf miner Stigmella aurella. Apparently found at any time of the year since generations overlap. Foodplants are Bramble and Avens- Identified from a book called Micro -moth Field Tips by Ben Smart written as a guide to finding the early stages of micro moths in Lancashire and Cheshire.
  2. Male Green veined white
  3. Gall on Oak -identity not confirmed-sent a copy to Ian and Tom for possible id.
  4. Bulge emerging from bark of tree
  5. Bark of Sweet Chestnut
  6. . Bluebells.

23 April 2025 – Potteric Carr

A-view-from-Decoy-Hide
Hawthorne-Blossom
Cowslips

Following a meeting in the site cafe of the Archive sub-committee (Colin, Les & Nora) and the preliminary viewing of the Ben Burrell archives, we had a short visit to the Decoy hide to inspect the changes that YWT have made over winter to the somewhat neglected area.