Looking east towards the power station (left) from just north of Woodcote. Foreground: cars/people in preparation for sheep rustling.
Two sheepdogs round up the flock.
Yellow carpet
Near Well Place
On Warren Hill. These are not the same as the brown tailed moth larvae (hairy, with two red spots) some of you know about.
Most likely ID is Apple Ermine Moth Yponomeuta malinellus.
Although
“there are Four Ermine moth species, namely Orchard Ermine (Yponomeuta padella), Apple Ermine (Yponomeuta malinellus), Spindle Ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella) and Willow Ermine (Yponomeuta rorrella) should now be recorded as Yponomeuta agg.”
Info is scarce, and I can’t confirm that the web is part of their life cycle.
You don’t want them near any apple trees. It can take years to recover from an infestation.
Apple Ermine Moth Yponomeuta malinellus
Warren Hill
In the rye (?) field
View west from Braziers Park to Swan’s Way (coffee stop on other walks) leading to White Hill.
Come back at the end of June for the Elementary Festival It doesn’t look as if Foals are playing, but there is a group called Forest of Fools. Just got to add the trailer info for you:
Forest of Fools fuse traditional instruments with funked-up, high tempo beats, charting a course into the depths of the musical unknown. Where no single tune is exactly as it seems, this is Acoustic Dance Music but not as we know it! In the blink of an eye, you’ll be whisked from the courtyards of Medieval England, to an underground warehouse party. 180 BPM D&B and Jungle Drum sections masterfully interlaced with African Percussion set the tempo for a high-energy supernova of effects-laden trance-folk Melodeon and psychedelic Lead Guitar. Harmonious funk-laced Bass Guitar sits alongside didge-inspired, multi-phonic Sousaphone Brass to create a sub-bass frenzy with serious groove. The resulting composition is as ground-breaking as it is sonically beautiful; a true musical odyssey for the 21st Century.
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