After 43 years I am retiring from Keele! I started this blog several years ago now to showcase some of the flora and fauna at Keele but have moved on to Twitter and Facebook. I hope to keep the arboretum website up-to-date www.keele.ac.uk/arboretum but will not be visiting campus often enough to warrant maintaining this blog. I will leave it live for the time being because there are a lot of images on it which may be useful to some. Thank-you all for your interest.
Dave
5th April 2016
Chiffchaffs are now well distributed on campus. A Blackcap was singing today by Keele Hall.
5th February 2016
Nothing in the moth trap despite 10C overnight. However 3 Mute Swans flew low over campus - a rare sight here.
26th January 2016
Another mild night encouraged a Chestnut and a Spring Usher to visit the moth trap.
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| Spring Usher |
25th January 2016
Never run the moth trap in January before - weather has always been too bad. This year however is very unusual with temps of 10C overnight. So got my first moth of the year - a Pale Brindled Beauty.
Also Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Robin, Stock Dove and Nuthatch singing.
Also Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Robin, Stock Dove and Nuthatch singing.
15th December 2015
17C in the garden this morning - that's better than in the summer! Moths still appearing in the trap - Mottled Umber, Dark Chestnut and Red-green Carpet today. Winter Moths found
below several security lights but not in the trap.
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