Posts by Mike Gadd
Moth Trapping Event 2026
We had another great day moth trapping this year and had a good number of people attend. It’s great to see the children enjoying holding the moths with such excitement. Charlie Fletcher astounded us with his knowledge and speed of recognition, and Jill Warwick amazingly kept up with her speedy writing as Charlie called them…
Read MoreMoth Trapping Event 2025
Another great moth trapping event today kindly organised by Janet Heath with Yorkshire moth recorders, Charlie Fletcher and Jill Warwick, and again hosted by Pippa Sterne in her garden. We had 8 traps this time in Walton, Deepdale and central Boston Spa. Charlie says, “the 18th county record of Yponomeuta plumbella is the star moth. We…
Read MoreMoth Trapping Event 2024
Janet Heath kindly organised a moth trapping event today with Yorkshire moth recorders, Charlie Fletcher and Jill Warwick, that was kindly hosted in Pippa Sterne’s garden. There were 6 traps placed in Walton, Deepdale, central Boston Spa and Pippa’s garden that backs onto the river. We had 78 moth species recorded. For Charlie, as…
Read MoreWildflowers at Ceres Road in Wetherby
Earlier in the year, Penny Stables was contacted by Irene, a resident of Wetherby, about the possibility of planting some wildflowers on the corner of Ceres Road where it meets Hallfield Lane. Our Community Green Group happily took on this task, helping to dig over the area to remove weeds and grasses to ensure the…
Read MoreLet It Grow; Reduce the Mow
Leave your grass to grow or set aside a patch of your lawn to allow a wonderful array of wild plants to flower and flourish. This floral diversity provided by a more relaxed mowing regime provides a rich food source for a wealth of wildlife through the summer. Leaving grass to grow a little longer…
Read MoreThe Green ‘Un
A newsletter about the challenges of global warming Just before the Christmas break, the UN’s COP28 climate summit was concluded in Dubai. Many climate activists think such summits are broken. They say the delegates who attend them just talk and talk, while the earth slides towards a deadly environmental tipping point. They argue that of…
Read MoreCommunity Litterpick
A big thank you to everyone who came along on Saturday 2nd December 2023. We had over 20 local community members, including two children, helping to gather bags of rubbish from across Boston Spa. Special thanks to Boston Spa Angling Club who helped to litter pick along the riverside path and who keep the riverside…
Read MoreEco Friendly Christmas Ideas
Top Tips for a greener more sustainable Christmas: The typical Christmas wrapping paper is shiny and not recyclable, so consider using a paper that is recyclable or reuse tissue paper, newspaper, old wallpaper, fabric etc all tied up with string or ribbon (not sellotape which is not recyclable). Make your own wreath using sticks or…
Read MoreWater Quality
From Surfers Against Sewage We hate to break it to you but chances are, if you’ve swam in UK waterways, you may have swam in sewage discharged by water companies. Our rivers and ocean continue to be polluted. We get ill. Fragile eco-systems are destroyed. Animals can’t survive. It’s not just in one area, it’s happening…
Read MoreBuglife Corridor
Boston Spa is on Buglife’s network of corridors, B-Lines, for wildlife to freely travel around Britain. Click on the map to read more and see the locations that have been submitted so far, namely Church Fields Wildflower Meadow and Stables Lane Park in Boston Spa. Do you know an area that could be flagged as…
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