High Summer Week

It's been so busy this week at work I missed a day in the field on Wednesday to catch up with paper work. Fortunately we seem to be very busy at work, it appears that the pandemic has sparked more interest in gardens. As we move into high summer it's almost impossible to keep up with all the new and interesting wildlife and garden ecology . It's been busy on the moth front at the Beddington Obs, Wednesday night saw a good influx of migrants in the stormy conditions with 8 Silver-Y, 2 Diamond-back Moths, White Points, L-album Wainscot, Neophopterix angustella and 3 Acrobasis repandana (more likely local dispersal than true migrants). 

Here's a few pictures of a few moths from the Beddington trap which we don't get so often. 

Blue-bordered Carpet

Barred Yellow

Pale Water Veneer, Donacaula forficella

True Lover's Knot

Brown Scallop (Can't think else what it can be) - a moth lifer for me 

L-album Wainscot 

Acrobasis repandana

Nephopterix angustella- presumably a migrant as associated with other migrants that night 

Anania perlucidalis

Cock's Head Bell Zeiraphera isertana

I'm going for Bud Moth, Spilonota ocellana on this one. Not an uncommon one at Beddington but every year these bird dropping mimics get me confused so good to get this one firmly in my head. 

This is the sort of thing that confuses me- I don't think this is the same as above. Maybe a Common Cloaked Shoot, Gypsonoma dealbana

One from earlier in the month, I think this is Scrobipalpa costella 

and here are three micros that I am currently stuck on 

Presumed Hollyhock Seed Moth, Pexicopia malvella 

Maybe a worn Crescent Bell, Epinotia bilunana

Maybe a Cherry-bark Moth, Enarmonia formosana? Update 130622, Probably a Common Cloaked Shoot, dark morph 

Little Oak Garden of the week was this chalk grassland themed garden in Coulsdon on the North Downs- no orchids unfortunately but Yellow Rattle, Marjarom, Sage etc fashioned in swathes in two areas of the garden, set amongst an interesting mix of plants for pollinators and fruits. 

This Artichoke Thistle (Cardoon) in the front garden although not quite flowering yet was nonetheless stunning. Its about 10ft! 

Nephew Sid has reared this Woodpigeon from a chick