Lee Mount - 24th August

 Three days running with another new moth this morning. Struggled hard to get a half decent photo of the Epinotia !

Epinotia nisella or Brindled Poplar Tortrix

Also of note...

Ruby Tiger

Rosy Rustic

Still plenty Large Yellow Underwings x 60, Lesser Yellow U/w x 5 and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow U/w x 3.

Small Phoenix x 1, Flame Carpet x 2, Common Marbled Carpet x 1, Vine's Rustic x 1.........plus a few other sp..

Also 2 reports today of  a migratory species Clouded Yellow butterflies - with 1 from near Barkisland (MH) and 2 from an allotment site near Salterhebble (WG).

Lee Mount - 23rd August

 What ... another new one for here, the second one this week following the Pale Prominent !!

Neglected Rustic

Also this morning

                                                     Canary-shouldered Thorn

 

Lee Mount - 22nd August

Always a bit special turning up a new moth, At first sight I wondered which end was the head end !! It soon became clear.....

Pale Prominent

A reasonable mix of other species included ...

Angle Shades

Common Wave

Mouse Moth (5 of)

Lee Mount - 19th and 20th August

Pretty sure these are Vine's Rustic.

Only 2 records here previously, of singles 18/8/22 and 9/9/23

Then these in the last 2 days - seem to be on the increase locally ?

These 2 on 19th and deposited over a mile away !

2 of the 5 here this morning

Not much else variety recently though still getting plenty of Large Yellow U/W, Lesser-yellow U/W and Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow U/W. Also Square-spot Rustics and a few Copper Underwing agg plus a number of other species........though very few micros.

Lee Mount

Not a lot to report from the moth trap from last week.

Plenty Large Yellow Underwings, Dun-bar, Square-spot Rustic and 13 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing on 17th. Also a couple of nights inundated with wasps, many not very happy as I emptied the trap in the mornings, so gave it a miss a couple of nights.

These three below from the 12th.

Six-striped Rustic (found dead in a spiders web, still identifiable)

Oak Hook-tip

Pyrausta aurata (Mint Moth)

Plenty butterfly's last week and a decent show of Wall Browns from various upland locations.

11 Red Admirals today in a solitary white-flowered Buddleia near Ogden this afternoon was a bit special.

Blackstone Edge

Fox Moth caterpillar

Also, Small Heath 1

Charlestown Road

Painted Lady 1

 

Lee Mount - 7th August

 Best this morning an was an Orange Swift. Still getting lots of Large Yellow Underwings with 44 today along with fading Dun-bars, Bird-cherry Ermines and a few other recent 'regulars'.

Orange Swift

Still plenty of activity on the Buddleia with 3 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 5+ Large Whites

Painted Lady yesterday from SC's garden Buddleia.

Beacon Hill

Gatekeeper 1

Speckled Wood 1