Following up to Sacha wrote:

I'll see if that's online.

"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b5090652-371f-11dc-9f6d-0000779fd2ac.html"

without the photo
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Mike
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On 26/7/07 12:02, in article ,
"The Reid" wrote:

Following up to Sacha wrote:

I'll see if that's online.

"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b5090652-371f-11dc-9f6d-0000779fd2ac.html"

without the photo

Thanks, Mike. I see 'my' Jersey Tiger is mentioned. ;-) I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.
--
Sacha
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Following up to Sacha wrote:

but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

we get lots for some reason
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Mike
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On 26/7/07 13:32, in article ,
"The Reid" wrote:

Following up to Sacha wrote:

but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

we get lots for some reason

I've just remembered we're going to be in Jersey that very night, so I'll
have to see if I can persuade the family to join me in this slightly
eccentric exercise!


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote

I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

Even if there are no moths to be seen there are still (if its fine) the
Perseid meteors to be admired, and typically they peak just after the
11th so there should be a few around.
--
Roger Hunt

On 26/7/07 15:06, in article , "Roger
Hunt" wrote:

Sacha wrote

I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

Even if there are no moths to be seen there are still (if its fine) the
Perseid meteors to be admired, and typically they peak just after the
11th so there should be a few around.

I've never heard of them, I'm ashamed to say. Let's hope for a fine night.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote
On 26/7/07 15:06, in article , "Roger
Hunt" wrote:
Sacha wrote

I bet you
anything you like not one moth will be visible here on the night of 11th
August but if it's a fine night, we'll give it a try.

Even if there are no moths to be seen there are still (if its fine) the
Perseid meteors to be admired, and typically they peak just after the
11th so there should be a few around.

I've never heard of them, I'm ashamed to say. Let's hope for a fine night.

Well worth Googling for! I try to spot them every year and once or twice
it has been a wonderful display.

I have a good resident population of Hawkmoths as well, and they
occasionally fly in. (The other night a red-green carpet moth flew in
and sat for a good while by the keyboard near the light, looking very
handsome.)
--
Roger Hunt

Following up to Roger Hunt wrote:

I have a good resident population of Hawkmoths as well, and they
occasionally fly in. (The other night a red-green carpet moth flew in
and sat for a good while by the keyboard near the light, looking very
handsome.)

if you should find yourself near Sevilla cathedral at night, but
before the floodlights go out, look up at the myriad nightjars
hunting moths.
--
Mike
(remove clothing to email)

The Reid wrote
Following up to Roger Hunt wrote:

I have a good resident population of Hawkmoths as well, and they
occasionally fly in. (The other night a red-green carpet moth flew in
and sat for a good while by the keyboard near the light, looking very
handsome.)

if you should find yourself near Sevilla cathedral at night, but
before the floodlights go out, look up at the myriad nightjars
hunting moths.

What a sight! What a slaughter!

Some years ago a friend of mine would hang a white sheet over the line
and shine a UV light at it. That attracted moths like anything.
(I think I might buy a Blacklight next time I'm over at Maplins.)
--
Roger Hunt