Mowsbury Orchids

There are about 500 spikes of Common Spotted Orchid at Mowsbury Hill LNR at the moment, looking near their best:



Pictures by Keith Balmer

Grapholita caecana - a micro-moth new to Bedfordshire

The photo below was taken by David Manning, the Micro-moth recorder for Bedfordshire, of a tortrix sent to him for identification by David Withers. The moth was found on 2nd June 2009 at Totternhoe Quarry and is new to Bedfordshire.

This species is very local on chalk in Kent, and recent records are from Hampshire and Wiltshire.

The larvae feed on Sanfoin ( Onobrychis viciifolia )