I'm very excited to know you found this on Bodmin Moor, Marcus. I shall now look diligently at every single Oak leaf bud I can easily reach on my walks! Am I right in thinking I am more likely to find them on pendunculate?
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They'll use Pendunculate, Sessile and Turkey Oak (and I think they may even have been found on Holm Oak too). Trees in sheltered, sunny locations (e.g. along the southern/western edges of woods) are preferred, but I suspect they are on all but the most exposed or isolated Oaks in Cornwall.
I spend an hour searching the buds of a small copse of Oaks on Caradon Hill this afternoon, Marcus. No luck today, but maybe they were too remote. I'll just keep searching till I find some!
Try somewhere a little more wooded than Caradon Hill. Stunted Oaks on the moorland-woodland fringe can make for easier searching (and good, low-down views of the adults in summer). St Cleer Downs, Bullard Downs or Phoenix United Mine look like they may have potential.
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