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

Purple Bar

 Pete - this is a Purple Bar from June this year for comparison if that' a help.

Cold Edge

Purple Bar

Horley Green

Peacock 3,  Red Admiral 1,  Small White 1

NEW BANK: Peacock 1,  Small White 1

Bank Top

Red Admiral 1

Lighthazzles

Black Darter 8, including 3 pairs mating!

Also: Common Hawker 2,  Red Admiral 1

Whiteholme

 Meadow Brown 1

Lee Mount - 28th August

 Only the second record here for Dusky Thorn. My first one was on 27th August 2022 so today's is just a day later !

New Bank

Red Admiral 1

Cold Edge

Peacock 1

Shibden Valley

Grasshoppers - a welcome sight

Whiteholme

Green-veined White 1

Shibden Valley

Peacock (my 2nd of 2024!)

Brighouse canal

Speckled Wood 2

Stainland.

 This is a list of the moths by our door, from 26th July to 4th August 2024.

I've been going through what the Chinese call, "interesting times". The phrase is, "May you live in interesting times." It's said as a wish for someone to have a lot of trouble. I'm certainly having that!

A significant section of my studio ceiling collapsed some weeks ago, the amount of dust and lime wash powder was incredible. Fortunately, most of my equipment was covered in plastic sheets. That's the trouble with Victorian houses, you spend a small fortune over many years, making sure the place is in as good a condition as you can. Then something goes badly wrong without warning. I've been trying to do as much as I can to repair it myself. Unfortunately. The dust has got the better of my, in spite of dust masks. Then my health gave up the fight. I've been quite ill for weeks, I'm recovering now if slowly.  

Anne has been a big help with my moth recording. She and I counted what we had and shared the IDing. There are gaps, where she was too busy and I too ill, to record on those days. Still, l here are our efforts. There are a few moths which need confirmation, or an ID, but not many. Some of these photos are not as good as I 'd have liked. At the moment, I don't trust myself to climb ladders.

Now to the stars of the show...

Thanks to Andy for the corrections. Now if anyone can ID the last moth....

24 to 1^st August 2024 Moths By Door

If some kind person, or people, could ID the moths marked below, I'd be grateful, Thanks.

    24 JULY

14 x Marbled Beauties
1 x Eudonia lacustrata
1x Bee Moth - Female
1 x Small Phoenix
1 x Antler Moth (Unable to get a photo.)
1 x Sycamore
1 x Willow Beauty

Sycamore 

Willow Beauty

    26 July

18 x Marbled Beauties
1 x Common Footman
1 x Bee Moth
1 x Blastobasis lacticolella
1 x Eudonia lacustrata
1 x Riband Wave, none banded
1 x Small Magpie
1 x Single Dotted Wave

Bee Moth

    29 JULY

19 x Marbled Beauties
2 x Common Footman
1 x Riband Wave, none banded
1 x Small Magpie
1 x Garden Pebble

Garden Pebble

    30 JULY 2024

1 x 22 Marbled Beauties (22 of them, it's my personal record. The most I've ever had before, was 13.)
2 x Riband Waves, none banded

1 x Swallowtail
1 x Scalloped Oak (I think this is a lovely moth, with a very graphic design.)

Scalloped Oak

    31 July 2024

20 x Marbled Beauty
1 x Eudonia lacustrata

1 x Scalloped Oak (It had a much lighter band than the above one).

    2 August 2024

19 x Marbled Beauties        
1 x Shuttle-shaped Dart - Female (I despaired of ever seeing one of these. I'm very pleased.)

Shuttle-shaped Dart - Female

        3 Aug. 

9 x Marbled Beauties
1 x Blastobasis lacticolella
1x Rustic or Chestnut TBC (best try)

1x Rustic or Chestnut TBC

4 August.

10 x Marbled Beauties (These have been falling off steadily over a few days.)

OK, I’m up to date with my records, (at last!) Have a nice summer, it's going to be warm again by Tuesday next week.