4th August Rockpooling

Well the hunt for lobsters proved to be a fairly fruitful one, and the lowest tide of the year so far coupled with excellent weather meant we had a wonderful day out!

We caught two lobsters, one small, one medium. Once again we didn't manage to see a big lobster, but the other two made up for that nicely. Plenty of the usual suspects were found as well, including two rather large edible crabs, and a few nice Bullhead fish, which we've not seen in a fair while.

The picture is of my little brother Alex holding the bigger lobster.

Due to me being in Dronfield for the rest of the summer, this blog will be inactive now until early October.

Take care,

Steve

Butterflies & Moths

What a lovely week! Last week that is, with the hot sunshine beating down throughout. This week hasn't been bad either to be honest, and we got a nice storm on Friday morning :)

Last week I went up to a friends house for the second half of the week (many thanks mate!) to a spot of moth trapping and butterfly huntin'!

Over the course of the week, we saw an incredible 18 species of butterfly and a variety of moths, both macro and micro.

My favourite moth of the week had to be the Poplar Hawk Moth, which is a beasty! We caught 6 in total, and got some great pictures and videos (I'll upload the videos later).

Some beautiful butterflies too, notably the stunning Peacock butterfly, which I've chosen as the picture for this blog post - stunning, ain't it?

On a rockpooling note, the mega low-tide trip to Scarborough on Monday is still very much on the cards. The weather looks pretty decent at this stage, and with a tide of 0.52m, we can't fail to see some fantasic sealife!

Steve