A warmer night and slightly better results !
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Still doing pretty well despite the clear nights
Oak Beauty 5
Common Quaker 18
Small Quaker 4
Twin-spot Quaker 1
Hebrew Character 4
Clouded Drab 3
A much cooler night with heavy rain, still a good variety of Moths though
Oak Beauty 19
Mottled Grey 1
Dotted Border
Common Quaker 5
Clouded Drab 2
Grey Shoulder-knot 1 - only the second record here
Another great night for Oak Beauty here with a massive 45 caught
Engrailed 1
March Moth 3
Oak Beauty 45
Early Grey 1
Common Quaker 27
Clouded Drab 3
Chestnut 1
Earl-toothed Striped 1
A great night last here
Oak Beauty 20
Twin-spot Quaker 2
March Moth 2
Common Quaker 11
Small Quaker 1
Clouded Drab 1
Chestnut 1
I ran an LED trap in our friends wood in Hebden Bridge last night and what a great night it was
Brindled Pug 3
Oak Beauty 19
Yellow Horned 7
Common Quaker 41
Clouded Drab 5
Mottled Grey 4
Hebrew Character 4
Chestnut 3
Twin-spot Quaker 2
Engailed 3
Small Quaker 1
the highlight was the 19 Oak Beauty
Slight improvement after two milder nights
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This was on the fence post near the trap yesterday and at a funny angle to photograph.
I have had one of these previously, checked by CF - must look up the date.....19th March 2024
It seems it is one that needs Gen Det to be sure of identification. I don't have it but I will look out for this sp again and pot it.
I'm suspecting - Caloptilia (elongella or betulicola) c7 mm
Still pretty slow here, not a lot going on - just a few !
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2 Buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) in the garden today, feeding on Pulmonaria (Lungwort) flowers. A welcome return.
Hello
Back from the grave, (really, very nearly.) I've been seriously ill since August. I'm told that I will be unwell until July(ish), so that's a whole year written off. I'm struggling with my cognitive functions, which come and go, along with weakness and being short of breath.
I found a moth on the door three days ago. I had to wait until I was able sort it all out. If I come and go, you know why!
Winter Moth
First moths of the year...
Pale Brindled Beauty x 2 (also the dark form x 1 on 24th Feb but I failed to get a photo of that one tucked in the fence)
Had one fly across the road at Booth Wood Reservoir today and 1 reported yesterday in Hebden Bridge...HNY
Nothing too exciting but enough to keep the interest going....
24th Oct - Red-green Carpet x 4, Silver Y x 3, Feathered Thorn x 3, November Moth agg x 3
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A new and beautiful looking moth for me this morning was a bit special.
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This Small Tortoiseshell was in our sitting room today. We've nowhere suitable for it to hibernate, and it's a bright day (temp 13 degrees), so I released it outdoors.
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Beautiful Plume, Orange Sallow, 3 Common Marbled Carpets, November Moth and a Pug (still to check).
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Quite a surprise to find a Light Emerald on the window last night and in the trap this morning. Fading a little and quite late for this species.
Nothing doing at all lately even though the trap-light has been on most nights.
2 butterfly's on Soil Hill this morning (thanks to NK for the Red Admiral) and then I had a flypast 'white' with no idea to species level !
Yesterday was a little better for late butterfly's with 2 Speckled Woods in Lee Mount and a Red Admiral and 2 more Speckled Woods at Ogden.
Small Copper x 3
Red Admiral x 2
Speckled Wood x 3
Small White x 7
Purple Hairstreak x 1
Comma x 1
Don't often get chance to get a decent photo of a Large White but this one did co-operate this afternoon on Verbena bonariensis.
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Also at home 4 Red Admirals, 1 Peacock, 1 Small White and 2 Speckled Wood late morning.
Along the canal at Brearley this afternoon we found 6+ Small White. On a Buddleia by the bridge over the River Calder there were 4 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral and a Speckled Wood.
