Wednesday 27 June 2012

Trapping tonight

Not sure if anyone else has spotted it, but everything outside is covered in a fine layer of dust today, at least over this neck of the woods.  Suggests a warm air mass moving up from Africa, so may be worth putting your trap out tonight with the possibility of some migrants about....

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  1. No noticeable dust here in the Cynon valley, but it was very mild (13.80C) and muggy last night and I had a Pale Mottled Willow in the trap this morning. So although I dislike trapping two nights in succession I might just run it again tonight, but wait until it is dark before switching on, to try and avoid too many re-catches.

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  2. The other possibility I suppose is that they have been having some problems with the particulate scrubbers in the stack at Aberthaw power station!

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  3. You could be right about a local source for the dust. I'll now have to leave early tomorrow, so no trapping tonight.

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