Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Birds
Animals
Butterflies
Moths
The Silver Y Moth is a migrant species generally unable to survive in the UK in winter. Instead it migrates to North Africa and southern Europe. The moth is a strong flyer being often recorded in Iceland and Greenland.
In autumn the moths born in the UK head south for warmer weather in the countries their parents were born. It is thought they can tell North from South and are able to assess wind direction to carry out their migrations.
Every few years a mass movement occurs with up to a quarter of a billion arriving in the UK. These can quadruple over the summer months to give a southerly migration in the autumn of around a billion moths.
Insects - Dragonflies
Dragonflies have an average life of two to three weeks with a maximum of six.
Insects - Dramselflies
Damselflies have an average life of one to two weeks with a maximum of eight.
Insects - Bees
Fungi
Lichen
Lichen are only recorded at each new OS Grid location (hover for Grid Ref). They are then entered on the British Lichen Society spreadsheet and submitted for their Warwickshire VC38 Lichen database and Lichen mapping.
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Roe Fallow & Muntjak Deer