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

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