Rishworth - Numbers Low, Varies High!

A very humid and muggy warm night here in Rishworth with light rain in mild outbursts on occasions up until 00:00. This morning (08/05/2020) I came to find...


Pebble Hook-Tip x1
Small Elephant Hawk Moth x1
Foxglove Pug x1
Common Pug x1
Grey Birch x1
Hebrew Character x1

                                                       Pebble Hook Tip above

                                            Foxglove Pug above and below

                                                     Small Elephant Hawk Moth, A different individual to the one caught previously, this one being smaller and pinker....

Rishworth - Excitement!!

Just a taster of (hopefully) a nice diversity of moths that should come on this humid muggy night. A Pebble Hook tip and Common Pug! Full catch report will come In between 5:30 and 7:00 am.
comments welcome..

Small elephant hawkmoth / Small copper

A stunning duo of small elephant hawkmoth and small copper from my daily walk today

Small Copper

Had the first Small Copper of the year today at Cromwell Bottom , also lots of Orange Tips , Small Tortoiseshells and Peacocks. Also my first Large Red Damselfly on Tag Loop at least 3 ...Very cold last night again with White Ermine , Spruce Carpet , Brindled Pug and  Double striped Pug..
Also this monster was found today in Todmorden by Angilina Styklianou  ...Puss Moth..many thanks Angilina.....

Rishworth - Tussocks of Birch!

Had an absolutely freezing night with a fare bit of frost. This morning (07/05/2020) I came to find...…
Grey Birch x1
Pale Tussock x1

One could understand why a Pale Tussock would come on a night such as this with all of his winter furs as insulation. As for the Grey Birch in Geometridae of which have no insulation I don't know what it is doing in this cold night. Tonight (Thu) and Tommorow Night (Fri) are looking rather warm so the trap will be run and hopefully we get some nice moths. Any comments v welcome...

Rishworth. Holly Blue

A female Holly Blue here in Rishworth today making 2 this year...

Lee Mount -6th May

At last !! - a moth..... not had anything at all since 28th April so this one this morning was very welcome. Nothing else.

Herald

Stainland.

There was a single Common Pug by the door this morning. Better than nothing.

Common Pug.

Northowram last night

White Ermine x 1
Rustic Shoulder Knot x 1
Spruce Carpet x 1
Agonopterix arnella x 1

Rishworth - Hawk!

A much better night here in Rishworth with the first hawk of the year putting in an appearance. I came to the trap this morning (04/05/2020) to find...….I think this is quite an early record so any comments v welcome.,.,

Early Tooth Striped x2
Red Chestnut x1

Twin Spotted Quaker x2

Lesser Swallow Prominent x1

Small Elephant Hawk Moth x1

Common Quaker x2

Brindled Pug x1

Rishworth - One Moth!

Just had one moth last night, a Lesser Swallow Prominent, see my earlier post for separation between the two Swallow Prominents. Any comments welcome...

Green - veined , Large White and Orange Tip

Prominents help.....

Rishworth Moor

Had a walk up to Dog Hill on Rishworth moor today , not much about but did see a very smart male Emperor flying around ,the odd Common Heath and a couple of Green veined Whites. Lots of small ponds , moss and  and standing water along the outflow of Green Withens which looks very good for Dragonflies ...  This cat was at 435m but looks like LYU ....On my return home the greenhouse held 1 Green veined White , 1Orange tip and 1 Large White......

Stainland.

I walked down to Fall Spring Woods today, I saw:

3 x Small Tortoiseshells.
2 x Speckled Woods. (The first I've seen this year. They were sunbathing side by side.)
1 x Orange Tip, (In our garden).
1 x Large White of some descrition. (It would be nice if they sat still for photos, now and then.)

Also, I heard grouse calling, possibly two of them. A little further in to the wood, I came across two wrens on the floor. I was about six feet from them when we became aware of each other. I don't know who was more surprised. Them I suppose, they got over the wall faster than I could. There were several chaffinches, magpies, hedge sparrows and jackdaws down there too.

Luddenden past few days

very quite here the last few days with two nights with single Brindled Pugs,
last night was a little better with

Shuttle-shaped Dart
Brindled Pug
and this Pale Pinion, only my second record here the first being in 2018

May Butterflies

April was the best April on record for butterfly's with 13 species recorded.  Peacock , Orange Tip and Green Hairstreak had a very good month with large numbers recorded throughout the area and Brimstone records get more widespread each year. Large and Green veined Whites came out early in the great weather ..Red Admiral and Painted lady were both recorded on the 27th so we may be in for an influx in May.
   Other species to look out for are Wall Brown , Small Copper  and Small Heath all should make an appearance by mid month and Common Blue by late May if the fine weather holds ..Green Hairstreak may carry on all month or fizzle out soon ,  will interesting to see what happens ?? . Average number of species recorded in May is 15....many thanks for all information sent in ......

Beetles

Here are a couple of beetles from out local moors that can be seen at the moment..top one is Goldsmiths Beetle C.nitens and bottom one is Green Tiger Beetle ,,Photos from Chris Jepson Brown , BL has recorded them recently in WHiteholme area....thanks

Lee Mount

Pretty dead this week after overnight rain and cool temperatures. 

No moths at all last two nights but a Black Sexton Beetle was a first for me here on 26th April  (Nicrophorus humator ). A pretty big beetle to 30mm could make you jump if it flew by you. That's about the best I can do. !

Rishworth List of Species for 2020 as of (30/04/2020)

In this post there will be two seperate lists, one for moths, one for butterflies they are from since January. Any comments v welcome....

Butterflies
Peacock
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Large White
Green-Veined White
Orange Tip
Holly Blue
Speckled Wood


Moths
Chestnut
Pale Brindled Beauty
Tortricodes Alternella
March Moth
Mottled Grey
Satellite
Hebrew Character
Small Quaker
Common Quaker
Yellow Horned
Brindled Pug
Oak Beauty
Clouded Drab
Twin-Spotted Quaker
Water Carpet
Early Grey
Early Tooth Striped
Double Striped Pug
Agonopterix Heracliana
Engrailed
Early Thorn
Angle Shades
Iron Prominent
Purple Thorn
Red Sword Grass
Red Green Carpet
Grey Birch
Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner
Powdered Quaker
Dyseriocrania Subpurpurella
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Shuttle Shaped Dart
Red Chestnut