Lee Mount - 21st - 24th Feb

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)

Peacock Butterfly

 Had one fly across the road at Booth Wood Reservoir today and 1 reported yesterday in Hebden Bridge...HNY

Shibden Valley

Small Tortoiseshell flying around today!

Lee Mount - last few days

 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

25th Oct - November Moth agg x 6, Tachystola acroxantha x 2, Acleris sparsana x 1, 

Light-brown Apple-moth x 1 and a Twenty-plume Moth.

Also a Svennson's Copper Underwing found dead indoors so I was able to check the underside of the hindwing to be certain of the species.

Silver Y

Lee Mount - 22nd October

 A new and  beautiful looking moth for me this morning was a bit special.

Grey Shoulder-knot (NFS)

Also a Spruce Carpet, Light Brown Apple-moth and a November Moth agg

1 Speckled Wood butterfly fluttering around in the sunshine then landed on the neighbours house wall.

Spruce Carpet

Shibden Valley

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.

Lee Mount - 15th October

Been a quiet few days with no returns then just a few this morning.

November Moth agg x 4, Light-brown Apple-moth x 2. 

One each Ypsolopha sequella, Yellow-line Quaker, Silver Y and a Common Marbled Carpet.

Ypsolopha sequella (always nice to find this micro even though it's looking a little worn)

Lee Mount

 I double checked this late Pug from 5th October with CF.

Just the second record for this site.

Golden-rod Pug (20mm wing-span)

Lee Mount - 6th October

 Beautiful Plume, Orange Sallow, 3 Common Marbled Carpets, November Moth and a Pug (still to check).

Orange Sallow

Lee Mount - 5th October

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.

Light Emerald

Yellow-line Quaker (also this morning)

Lee Mount and then Soil Hill etc.

 Nothing doing at all lately even though the trap-light has been on most nights.

Just 2 moths this morning - a Silver Y and a Light-brown Apple-moth. 

One Common Marbled Carpet this evening so far.

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.

Cold Edge

Common Darter male

Northowram.........

 An excellent few days  at  Northowram with 30 + species 150 + moths . Vines Rustic , Feathered Ranunnculus , Old Lady , Canary Shoulder Thorn , Centre Barred Sallow , Barred Sallow , Brown Spot Pinion , Beaded Chestnut , Set Hebbrew Character 10+ , Rosy Rustic , Black Rustic , Autumnal Rustic 

Shibden Valley

Wall Brown male

Northowram today

 Small Copper x 3

Red Admiral x 2

Speckled Wood x 3

Small White x 7

Purple Hairstreak x 1

Comma x 1 

Cold Edge

Small White 1,  Peacock 4,  Red Admiral 1

WAINSTALLS: Small White 1

Large White butterfly

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.

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.

Cold Edge

Peacock 3,  Red Admiral 1

Cold Edge

Common Hawker 1m 1f

Also:  Peacock 5,  Red Admiral 1

Cold Edge

Speckled Wood 1,  Small Tortoiseshell 1,  Red Admiral 1,  Common Hawker 1,  Black Darter 1