17th July.......Cold night keeps numbers down

Just 16 macros recorded on a very cold night for the time of year........
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KNOT GRASS

NUTMEG

SILVER Y

16th July'.........Nothing new...

The wind dropped a nd temperature rose and the moth tally got back to 40+ species including micros...Highest count was the usual Dark Arches, but some of these are looking a bit worn and tired now...bit like me !
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BUFF ERMINE........ 6 of these in the trap was the highest count

EARLY THORN

15th July.... Wet and windy

It was a miracle anything could fly last night in the strong wind and showers, but 17 species of macro turned up in and around the trap including this game little LEAST CARPET

CLAY

LACKEY....a regular in my garden

SALLOW KITTEN

CLOAKED MINOR

13th July..... The Dark Side

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Yellow-barred Brindle

Last night turned up some interesting species in the one Skinner I had operating. The weather was a little warmer than the night before and the wind had dropped.
A garden first DARK UMBER

SCALLOPED OAK...2nd for the year

An easy Pug species to identify for a change...

BORDERED PUG....first for year

a stunning micro.......

BEAUTIFUL CHINA-MARK

another first for my ever expanding micro list

EUROPEAN CORN-BORER Results :

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9 x Dark Arches

6 x Common Footman

6 x Uncertain

5 x Willow Beauty

5 x Shuttle-shaped Dart

4 x Riband Wave

3 x Dot Moth

3 x Least Carpet

3 x Buff Ermine

3 x Scarce Footman

3 x Pale Mottled Willow

3 x Heart & Dart

2 x Cloaked Minor

2 x Flame

2 x Bright-line Brown-eye

2 x Dun-bar

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

AND one each of the following:-

Small Emerald

Garden Carpet

Ruby Tiger

Clay

Bordered Pug

Small Waved Umber

Yellow-barred Brindle (a fresh green example)

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Dark Umber

Small Ranunculus (my 13th record for the year)

Poplar Hawkmoth

Common Wainscot

Light Arches

Scalloped Oak

Rustic

Silver Y

Small Dusty Wave

11th &12th July.

11th July............All traps blazing with 40+ species recorded
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a garden first in the shape of this rather worn
BLACKNECK

MALLOW ......1st for year. STOP PRESS:::::::::: Eagle-eyed Matt Burgess has noticed that this is NOT a Mallow. It is in fact a SHADED BROAD-BAR which is very similar. Thanks Matt that is a Dells Garden First and I will be expecting my year first Mallow in about two months time.

one of 2 NUT-TREE TUSSOCK

LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING.....I've taken a few "hits" from these big guys, but love 'em or hate 'em they are a cracking moth. Another wrong ID by yours truly ! This is a female BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UNDERWING thanks Ornithom, much appreciated.

SHARK

MOTTLED RUSTIC

my 2nd PINE HAWKMOTH

RED/DARK TWIN-SPOT CARPET

12th July....................Much cooler last night with a bit of rain thrown in. Just had the one trap working and numbers were well down with 22 species of macros noted.
I was almost sure the top pic was the UNCERTAIN (contradiction noted) in its grey form, but the black dots along the leading edge of the forewing confirm it is the very similar PALE MOTTLED WILLOW

This NUTMEG is definitely a different one from the night before, it became breakfast for a cheeky robin which darted in before I could transfer it to the release bin.

BROAD-BARRED WHITE The rest are the usual visitors at the moment with a few interesting micros .

12/07/10

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12 x Dark Arches

8 x Uncertain

8 x Common Footman

5 x Riband Wave

5 x Willow Beauty

3 x Heart & Dart

3 x S.S.Dart

3 x Large Yellow Underwing

3 x Scarce Footman

2 x Marbled Beauty

2 x Dot Moth

2 x Grey/Dark Dagger

2 x Buff Ermine

2 x Marbled Minor agg

1 x Swallow-tailed Moth

1 x Broad-barred White

1 x Pale Mottled Willow

1 x Single-dotted Wave

1 x Least Carpet

1 x Cloaked Minor

1 x Bright-line Brown-eye

1 x Light Arches