tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post1528319784332082749..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: High SpeedStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-47098263163961260042011-04-20T16:40:29.679+01:002011-04-20T16:40:29.679+01:00Caroline, there's a good chance you saw the Br...Caroline, there's a good chance you saw the Brimstone Moth. It's bright yellow, and should just be emerging now. It's a feeder on Hawthorn and Blackthorn.<br /><br />Weaver, yes: anything that flowers appears to be having a very good year. Yesterday I passed a row of Blackthorn and a single specimen of Hawthorn was already in bloom. Quite a year so far.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-34973721525503681462011-04-20T16:28:31.013+01:002011-04-20T16:28:31.013+01:00We have more blossom on our blackthorn than the fa...We have more blossom on our blackthorn than the farmer can ever remember, Stuart. And judging by the buds the same is going to be true of both crab apple and hawthorn.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-85689678576949861872011-04-20T16:15:56.381+01:002011-04-20T16:15:56.381+01:00Like others, I learn so much from your blog, Stuar...Like others, I learn so much from your blog, Stuart. <br /><br />We had a small yellow ?moth in our house yesterday, but by the time I got my camera, it had flown out ... so am just off to try to ID it from memory (not dissimilar to a small Brimstone butterfly).Caroline Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203454486693014969noreply@blogger.com