Waterstock Mill, Local Wildlife Site
MV trap site on the meadow by the River Thame
Actinic Heath Trap in the woodland glade
It was a relatively cool night but still got 43 species of moth including a couple of ones I don't see often such as Shaded Broad Bar (above) and Pheonix (below)
I went for Dark Brocade on this one - more like a dark Straw Underwing- thanks Edward
First time I've seen this form of Nut-tree Tussock, f.avenella
Elachista maculicerusella I think
Pyrausta purpuralis- I don't get these very often (unlike the similar Mint Moth which I get very often)
The Old Vicarage
Highlights this long weekend included a few bits in the moth trap (although trap numbers relatively low with the night temperatures proportionally low to the day temperatures), a Willow Warbler half singing this morning and a Common Darter (found by Jacob).
There's certainly enough food now in the garden for us to live off- we harvested the first lot of potatoes this weekend.
Gypsy Moth- they are following us from London!
Purple Thorn- second generation type
Harvest time at the Old Vicarage, Pumpkins coming on well too (below)
Wolburn Safari Park
I'm still on a mission to find a rarity on a family day trip to one of these family hamster wheel sites/ tourist traps. Spurred on by the Black-throated Thrush at Whipsnade this winter HERE a lot of these places have good possibilities. I was imaging a Roller or Bee-eater circling the Wildebeest yesterday or a Black-winged Stilt feeding on the edge of the Elephant pools- home from home.
Best I could muster up today was a Spotted Flycatcher.
2 comments:
The Dark Brocade is actually Straw Underwing.
Thanks Edward- I considered Straw Underwing comparing it to others in the trap but it disappeared before I got to check the underwing. Compared to the others in the trap it looked much darker- must just be variation
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