Playing catch up again........ Where do the days go?
30th May - 74 moths 22 species - Orange Footman, Heart & Club and Ditula angustiorana new for year.
31st May - 76 moths 29 species - Cypress Carpet, Clouded Silver, Box-tree Moth & Monopis crocicapitella new for year.
1st June - 80 moths 27 species - Amblyptilia acanthadactyla, Pyrausta aurata, Lobster Moth, Sand Dart, Phalonidia manniana & Common Wave new for year.
2nd June - 124 moths 48 species - Yellow Shell, Small Clouded Brindle, Agapeta hamana, Euzophera pinguis, Eudonia lacustrata, Riband Wave, Beautiful Hooktip, Magpie, Hedya salicella, Ringed China-mark, Brown China-mark, Common Swift, Broken-barred Carpet & Ephestia unicolorella ssp woodiella new for year.
3rd June - a break for poor weather
4th June - 55 moths 15 species - Light Emerald new for year.
5th June - 15 moths 6 species with nothing new for the year.
Sand Dart was a full-fledged patch macro tick & probably my 457th when I refind my list. A celebratory pint was had. It breeds in Sand Bay ten miles to the south but a lot of those habitat specialists rarely wander. It was a gravid female but I fear after it left me, it would have done well to find habitat unless it went back south or west. Scarlet Tigers now flying being my first adults for the year & a fresher Gold Spot.
2nd June was the stand out night before the weather broke. Numbers should improve when the moon wanes.
Graham - Heart and Club now on the wing but maximum so far two hiding amongst 50 Heart and Darts..... I'll post a head on pic. Check the forehead!
Elsewhere on patch Bob has added Campion, Crambus pascuella, Lobesia littoralis, Grapholita funebrana, Cnephasia sp. and a Nemapogon sp. that may prove to be better than cloacella.
Usual photo selection to follow starting with Sand Dart (the star), Campion, Lobster, Scarlet Tiger & Orange Footman.
All the best
Paul
