Celebrations of English Apples and Cider
in the Marcle Ridge Parishes of Herefordshire
Aylton, Little Marcle,
Much Marcle, Munsley, Pixley, Putley and Woolhope
Moth Training Events in Herefordshire 2009
Introduction to moths and moth recording
Saturday 16 May 2009 at Marden Village hall, Hereford.
10.30 am – 4pm
The workshop will start with a PowerPoint presentation on moth identification and recording for beginners, as requested by the Herefordshire Moth Group. This will be followed by demonstrations of recently-caught moths and of appropriate literature including a discussion of delegates’ aspirations and how they can help with Moths Count. It may also be possible to set up a trap overnight nearby and examine the contents before the main part of the event begins.
Moths of traditional orchards
Saturday 25 July 2009, Herefordshire Nature Trust offices, Lower House Farm, Ledbury Road, Tupsley, Hereford HR1 1UT
8.00 pm – 12 midnight approx
The workshop will start with a PowerPoint presentation on moth identification and recording at a more advanced level than for beginners, lasting about 2 hours. This would focus on moths associated with ancient orchards, a characteristic habitat of Herefordshire, covering both common and scarcer species, including those on the UKBAP list. The indoor session will be followed by outdoor activity at a nearby orchard including dusking etc if the weather is appropriate and from approximately 10.00pm onwards light-trapping and identification of the catch.
The Classroom workshop is on a different date to last year and you can therefore expect to see some different moths and Norman Lowe will try and cover some other species.
The Lower House Farm event will deal with any moth families and give Norman a chance to show us some of the micro families. It is timed to coincide with the emergence of The Mistletoe Moth, Celypha woodiana, a Red Data Book species first discovered in Herefordshire. While there is only an outside chance we shall see it, we shall definitely see some interesting moths and have the benefit of Dr Norman Lowe to identify and tell us about them.
National Moth Night Saturday June 7th 2008
In 2008 Butterfly Conservation specified Orchards as one of their chosen targets. Since none of their target species are a realistic proposition in Herefordshire and their target habitat, orchards, is a key element of the Herefordshire Countryside, the Butterfly and Moth group ran an event centred at Awnells Farm in conjunction with The Big Apple.
The Schedule
7th June: 1000-1200 Explored the habitat identifying as many life forms as possible, concentrating on Butterflies and Moths but also made other lists of Flora and Fauna.
1200-1400 This is The Peak activity time for The Red Belted Clearwing Moth and tried to lure this rarely seen moth to Pheromone lures.
1400-1600 Searched the Orchards for 'Celypha woodiana' mines in the mistletoe.
1600-2200 Set up time for Moth trappers.
2200-0400 Moth trapping. Mainly at Awnells but other traps at two other sites.
Everyone was welcome to watch the moths come in at Awnells for as long as they liked and 'The Catch' was available for viewing at 0900hrs on Sunday morning prior to its release.
8th June: 0400-0800 Total up the catch and pot up specimens. Rest.
0800-0930 A breakfast barbecue and viewing.
All records will be forwarded to Butterfly Conservation and the National Analysis will be published eventually in Atropos, an entomological journal. It should be a great opportunity to see lots of moths and other things and to make a genuine contribution to the National knowledge of our lepidoptera.
We hope to be able to put some of this information on this page shortly.
Examining the catch
Spot the Elephant Hawk Moth
Beautiful Golden Y |
Buff Arches |
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Burnished Brass |
Peach Blossom |
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Large Emerald |
Pebble Hook Tip |
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