Wood Sandpiper

I visited RSPB Saltholme this afternoon and there was a good number of waders present on the reserve. Wood Sandpiper (see photo), Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Little-ringed Plover, Ruff and Lapwing.

Moth News 25/7/10

A much cooler night in Stockton. 22 species - 48 moths.

Garden Species List: 149

Small Tortoiseshell

I had a good weekend watching butterflies. Small Tortoiseshell, Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown & Peacock.

1st Big Butterfly Count (near Newburgh Priory, North Yorkshire) = 21 Large White & 1 Meadow Brown.

A Ghost at Work

Grayling & Small Skipper

A brief rest for a Small Skipper.


A secret Grayling butterfly enjoying a rest in the sunshine.

Yellow-tail

White Satin Moth

At work I found White Satin Moth and a Lime-speck Pug.

Moth News 9/7/10

53 species caught, including 15 new species for the garden.

410 - Aryresthia Brockeela

658 - Carcina Quercana

972 - Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix

1001 - Lozotaeniodes Formosanus (see above)

1417 - Meal Moth

1803 - Small Rivulet

1817 - Foxglove Pug

1825 - Lime-speck Pug

1832 - Currant Pug

1955 - Common White Wave

1961 - Light Emerald

1991 - Elephant Hawkmoth (see above)

2077 - Short-cloaked Moth

2160 - Bright-line Brown Line

2322 - Light Arches

Moth News - 2nd July 2010

38 species caught on 2nd July 2010, including 10 new species for the garden.

New moths are

994 - Clepsis Consimilana

1087 - Orthotaenia Undulana

1234 - Pammene Regiana

1342 - Eudonia Angustea

1415 - Orthopygia Glaucinalis

1654 - Figure of Eighty (see above)

1991 - Popular Hawkmoth

2199 - Common Wainscot

2381 - Uncertain

2437 - Golden Plusia