12th Oct,,,,,Great night !

A great night for The Dells garden with 2 more year ticks, including the Pale-lemon Sallow. I now need two more species of macro to notch up 200 for the year for the garden...lookin' good !
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BEADED CHESTNUT

A brace of GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT

COMMON MARBLED CARPET

BARRED SALLOW

MALLOW

GARDEN CARPET

One of 3 SPRUCE CARPET

RED-GREEN CARPET.....first for year

And by far the star of the show... PALE-LEMON SALLOW Last nights trap results :-

6 x Blair's Shoulder-knot

6 x Pale Mottled Willow ( no Clancy's Rustics among them !)

4 x Willow Beauty...including a very small 3rd generation moth

4 x Turnip Moth

3 x Spruce Carpet

3 x Lesser Y U'wing

2 x Green-brindled Crescent

2 x Black Rustic

2 x Large Y U'wing

2 x Beaded Chestnut

and one each of the following:-

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Lunar Underwing

Mallow

Red-green Carpet

Common Marbled Carpet

Garden Carpet

Silver Y

Barred Sallow

Pale-lemon Sallow

8th/9th Oct.......New addition, Green-brindled Crescent

SALLOW

BEADED CHESTNUT

The last 2 nights have been a bit on the windy side but warm. A nice selection in the traps including a first sighting in The Dells garden for this commonish GREEN-BRINDLED CRESCENT

Two SPRUCE CARPETs on the wall near the trap.

COMMON MARBLED CARPET

BARRED SALLOW

WILLOW BEAUTY

BRINDLED GREEN

ANGLE SHADES

Two PINK-BARRED SALLOW one on 8th and one last night, both different.

DUSKY-LEMON SALLOW 2nd for the year