Sunday 27 October 2013

A Storm Coming

 Large Waisncot (First one this year)
 Angle Shades
Stubble Rosegill ? 
 Three of these came into the trap last night. (Don't normally pin insects unless I find them dead)
 Starlings and London
 Reed Bunting- a small influx of 7+ birds
Shoveler- a large influx of ducks over past week or so
I was surprised by the insects in the trap this morning considering it is quite blustery out there. Will be interesting to see if anything comes into the trap tomorrow as we are bracing for a big storm this evening.
Maybe a few birds blown in too but usually dissappointed by storms from the west round here. We usually do better with a blow across the North Sea but who knows?   

4 comments:

Andrew Cunningham said...

I think your fly is Scathophagidae.

Peter Alfrey said...

Some kind of dung fly?

Andrew Cunningham said...

Yes, looks a likely contender for Scathophaga stercoraria but I have yet to tackle this family properly.

Peter Alfrey said...

Never had them in the light trap before. Used to see them when we had horses on the farmlands on dung but not noticed them since.
Thanks Andrew- much appreciated.