MId Summer Widdop Reservoir Fri 22 June 2018

Weather Daytime Warm 18 - 20o with rapid drop in temp after sunset coupled with North Westerly breeze blowing down the Valley cool to chilly later in the evening Open Skies and Mid Summer Long Day. 3 Present AC CD CS

Habitat   Widdop Reservoir is less than 10 miles to the north west of Hebden Bridge in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. Nestled in Widdop Valley and surrounded by dramatic rocky crags and exposed open moorland

Counts

As always Andy endeavoured to quantify the nights counts and has added the numbers as follows

Snout x 2
Clouded bordered brindle x 6
Flame Shoulder x 10
Green Carpet x 3
Buff Ermine x 2
Middle barred Minor x 2
True lover knot x 3
Angle Shades x 2
Lempkes / gold Spot x1
Silver Y x 1
Beautiful Golden Y x 2
Ghost Moth x 1 (female)
Silver ground Carpet x 1
Purple Bar x 1
Dusky brocade x 3

Sunset 22 June 2018

Other Entomology Hoverfly Larvae on Nettle Epistrophe sp



Ammend suggestion by RB Hebrew Character /  Grey Chi

Predominant species Flame Shoulder . Images to follow

2442 Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina ABH 73.016






0014 Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli ABH 3.005

1294 Inlaid Grass Veneer  Crambus pascuella ABH 63.081

 TBC  1338 Eudonia ( lacustria)   ABH 63.067 below




Snout x 2
Clouded bordered brindle x 6
Flame Shoulder x 10
Green Carpet x 3
Buff Ermine x 2
Middle barred Minor x 2
True lover knot x 3
Angle Shades x 2
Lempkes / gold Spot x1
Silver Y x 1
Beautiful Golden Y x 2
Ghost Moth x 1 (female)
Silver ground Carpet x 1
Purple Bar x 1
Dusky brocade x 3