Day 9: Caw
Fri 17th July
Heavy (torrential) rain woke me at 03:30. I was pretty sure that all the mothing electrics were adequately covered and the bulbs protected (MV bulbs explode if on and unprotected from rain), nevertheless further sleep evaded me and I was up at 04:00 and back at St Catherines at 04:45. The traps produced about 85 species with no other Netted Carpets and nothing else that promises to be new (though I have a few pugs and Coleophora to process in due course). Back to bed at 07:00 to grab another couple of hours sleep.
Quiet morning reading. Unfortunately Alison’s new boots have blistered her heels and she was unable to go out for a walk today. I drove the short distance to the first carpark SWW of Torver on Broughton Moor and started by walking through the woodland to Water Yeat bridge. Although this is marked as coniferous woodland on the map, and this is largely accurate, it does also contain a good mix of deciduous trees and an understory of a Vaccinium spp (prob Cowberry) and heather in places, as well as having several water courses. From the bridge I proceded along Long Mire as far as the saddle (continuing down would take me to Seathwaite). From the saddle I made the steep ascent of Caw (529m). Although not especially high this summit is an outlier and commands good 360 degree views particularly across to the Old Man of Coniston and his ridges. On to ‘Pikes’ and down to the River Lickle at a footbridge and back through the woodland to the car.
Heavy (torrential) rain woke me at 03:30. I was pretty sure that all the mothing electrics were adequately covered and the bulbs protected (MV bulbs explode if on and unprotected from rain), nevertheless further sleep evaded me and I was up at 04:00 and back at St Catherines at 04:45. The traps produced about 85 species with no other Netted Carpets and nothing else that promises to be new (though I have a few pugs and Coleophora to process in due course). Back to bed at 07:00 to grab another couple of hours sleep.
Quiet morning reading. Unfortunately Alison’s new boots have blistered her heels and she was unable to go out for a walk today. I drove the short distance to the first carpark SWW of Torver on Broughton Moor and started by walking through the woodland to Water Yeat bridge. Although this is marked as coniferous woodland on the map, and this is largely accurate, it does also contain a good mix of deciduous trees and an understory of a Vaccinium spp (prob Cowberry) and heather in places, as well as having several water courses. From the bridge I proceded along Long Mire as far as the saddle (continuing down would take me to Seathwaite). From the saddle I made the steep ascent of Caw (529m). Although not especially high this summit is an outlier and commands good 360 degree views particularly across to the Old Man of Coniston and his ridges. On to ‘Pikes’ and down to the River Lickle at a footbridge and back through the woodland to the car.