The main aim of this mid-summer trip was to focus on the leps of our project site. However I also spent a lot of time recording the breeding birds and populating the local Ebird hotspot HERE with some mid-summer data. Example of some of the breeding birds on our site here.
However the birds were a bit of a side hustle so an update on the leps I-naturalist project HERE. All records from our private wilding site unless otherwise specified (some records from the adjacent steppe habitat)
Registering 243 species for the site now although not all research grade. Some provisional identifications of some additional highlights below.
We were getting about 200-250 moths a night of approx 60-70 species a night. Not as many I was expecting to be honest (I get more in our Bucks garden!) but more than enough to try and get my head around.
Link to I-naturalist project
HERE
The most abundant species present was this one: Odites kollarella
Pale Shouldered Silver Cloud
Mallow Skipper
Jersey Mocha. Update 110723 More likely
Cyclophora suppunctari (Thanks Steven)
Spotted Sulphur
Trichophaga bipartitella
The stunning little Pyroderces argyrogrammos- quite a few of these on site
Pyralis regalis- another characteristic species of the site
Stemmatophora combustalis
Nola infantula 110723 update, maybe Jersey Black Arches
, N, chlamitulalis.. 
Closest I can get to this is Ruby Aristotelia Moth,
Aristotelia rubidella
I presumed these were all Belted Grass-Veneers orginally but there are a few species in this genus. I-naturalist is suggesting that this is
Euchromius bella.
Another testament to the old adage that presumption is the mother of all mistakes- I presumed these were Bee Moths but I-naturalist is suggesting Theresian Moth, L.anella
Gallium Carpet
There was plenty of bi-catch that I simply had to ignore due to data overload. However there was no ignoring this Rhino Beetle.
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