Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 4
Blackbird 1
Coal Tit 1
Jackdaw 5
Feral Pigeon 7
Blue Tit 1
Greenfinch 3
Dunnock 2
Starling 8
Chaffinch 1
Woodpigeon 1
Food: Sunflower Hearts, Seed, Peanuts, Fat Balls & Kitchen Scraps
Water
Mammals: Hedgehog 2, Wood Mouse
Amphibians: Common Frog
Butterflies:
21/7/13 - Large White 1
24/7/13 - Red Admiral 2, Small Tortoiseshell 2 & Large White 2
25/7/13 - Small Tortoiseshell 1
26/7/13 - Large White 1, Speckled Wood 1, Small White 2 & Small Tortoiseshell 1
27/7/13 - Small Tortoiseshell 1, Peacock 1 & Large White 4
Other Insects: Common Brown Carder Bee, Garden Bumblebee & Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Monday, 29 July 2013
Garden Birdwatch - Week starting 14/7/2013
Goldfinch 4
Great Tit 1
Feral Pigeon 2
House Sparrow 5
Blackbird 1
Starling 4
Greenfinch 2
Blue Tit 2
Coal Tit 1
Jackdaw 6
Collared Dove 1
Chaffinch 1
Food: Sunflower Hearts, Seed, Peanuts, Fat Balls and Kitchen Scraps
Water
Mammals: Hedgehog
Butterflies:
14/7/13 - Speckled Wood 3, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Red Admiral 1 & Large White 1
17/7/13 - Speckled Wood 1, Small Tortoiseshell 5, Red Admiral 1 & Small White 1
18/7/13 - Small Tortoiseshell 1 & Large White 1
Other Insects: Red-tailed Bumblebee, Buff-taild Bumblebee
Great Tit 1
Feral Pigeon 2
House Sparrow 5
Blackbird 1
Starling 4
Greenfinch 2
Blue Tit 2
Coal Tit 1
Jackdaw 6
Collared Dove 1
Chaffinch 1
Food: Sunflower Hearts, Seed, Peanuts, Fat Balls and Kitchen Scraps
Water
Mammals: Hedgehog
Butterflies:
14/7/13 - Speckled Wood 3, Small Tortoiseshell 2, Red Admiral 1 & Large White 1
17/7/13 - Speckled Wood 1, Small Tortoiseshell 5, Red Admiral 1 & Small White 1
18/7/13 - Small Tortoiseshell 1 & Large White 1
Other Insects: Red-tailed Bumblebee, Buff-taild Bumblebee
Wildlife Camera Trap
On Friday 26th July 2013, I put the Wildlife Camera Trap near the water dish hoping to video our visiting Hedgehog stopping for a drink. As I watched the Hedgehog moving about the garden I began to suspect that there were two Hedgehogs not one.
The first visit to the garden was usual between 10 pm and 10:45 pm, but due to an extended 2 hour midnight visit from nextdoor's cat the Hedgehog did not return to the garden until 4 am. Despite 2 hours until dawn this was the latest or earliest recorded garden visit by our Hedgehog.
One Saturday night, it was confirmed that two Hedgehogs are regularly visiting the garden now.
During this hot and dry weather it is so important to have a dish of water for the birds and mammals to use.
The first visit to the garden was usual between 10 pm and 10:45 pm, but due to an extended 2 hour midnight visit from nextdoor's cat the Hedgehog did not return to the garden until 4 am. Despite 2 hours until dawn this was the latest or earliest recorded garden visit by our Hedgehog.
One Saturday night, it was confirmed that two Hedgehogs are regularly visiting the garden now.
During this hot and dry weather it is so important to have a dish of water for the birds and mammals to use.
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Garden Moth Update 26/07/2013
A quick summary of the catch on Friday with a minimum overnight temperature of 13.3°C
Taxa
Cnephasia species (Cnephasia sp.) 1 new species for me & garden
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 4
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 13
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 3
0658 Carcina quercana 1
0866 Brachmia blandella 2 new moth for me & garden
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 3
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 7
0994 Clepsis consimilana 3
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 3
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1057 Acleris rufana 2
1216 Cherry Bark Moth (Enarmonia formosana) 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 7
1304 Agriphila straminella 19
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 8
1388 Udea lutealis 1
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 1
1437 Acrobasis consociella 1 new moth for me & garden
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 1
1713 Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 7
1754 Phoenix (Eulithis prunata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1
1837 Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata) 1
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 3
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 3
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 12
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 6
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 2
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 2
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 3
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 7
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 2
2318 Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 9
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 6
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 4
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 5
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 3
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 5
Total: 175 individuals of 47 species
Taxa
Cnephasia species (Cnephasia sp.) 1 new species for me & garden
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 4
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 13
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 3
0658 Carcina quercana 1
0866 Brachmia blandella 2 new moth for me & garden
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 3
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 7
0994 Clepsis consimilana 3
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 3
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 2
1036 Acleris forsskaleana 1
1057 Acleris rufana 2
1216 Cherry Bark Moth (Enarmonia formosana) 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 7
1304 Agriphila straminella 19
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 8
1388 Udea lutealis 1
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 1
1437 Acrobasis consociella 1 new moth for me & garden
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) 1
1713 Riband Wave [non-banded form] (Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 7
1754 Phoenix (Eulithis prunata) 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1
1837 Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata) 1
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 1
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 3
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 3
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 12
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2111 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe) 6
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 2
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 2
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 3
2199 Common Wainscot (Mythimna pallens) 7
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 2
2318 Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) 1
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 9
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 6
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 4
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 5
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 1
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 3
2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 5
Total: 175 individuals of 47 species
Acrobasis consociella
Early Thorn
Cnephasia species
Common Wainscot
Monday, 22 July 2013
Garden Moth Update - 20/7/2013
Fourth trapping session with the 60W Actinic Light Skinner Trap.
A quick summary of catch with an overnight minimum temperature of 16.2°C.
Taxa
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 2
1405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1962 Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 3
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 2
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 3
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 3
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 3
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 1 - new moth for me & the garden
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 1
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 6
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 11
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 3
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 3
2343 Common Rustic (Mesapamea secalis) 3
A quick summary of catch with an overnight minimum temperature of 16.2°C.
Taxa
0015 Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) 1
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 10
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 2
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 3
0873 Blastobasis adustella 2
0892 Mompha subbistrigella 1
0994 Clepsis consimilana 2
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 1
1076 Celypha lacunana 6
1261 Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) 11293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 2
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 8
1390 Udea prunalis 21405 Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) 1
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 11708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (banded form - Idaea aversata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (non-banded form - Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 4
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata fluctuata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 2
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 1
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 13
1961 Light Emerald (Campaea margaritata) 11962 Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria) 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2007 Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) 1
2031 White Satin (Leucoma salicis) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 32089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 3
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 2
2128 Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum) 3
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 3
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 3
2176 Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis) 1 - new moth for me & the garden
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 1
2278 Poplar Grey (Acronicta megacephala) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 6
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 11
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 3
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 3
2343 Common Rustic (Mesapamea secalis) 3
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 10
2421 Scarce Silver-lines (Bena bicolorana) 1 - new moth for me & the garden
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1
2449 Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 1
Total: 137 individuals of 51 species
Poplar Grey
Swallow Prominent
Antler Moth
Scarce Silver-lines
Garden Moth Update - 19/7/2013
Overnight minimum temperature was 17.7°C
A quick summary of the catch with the 125W Mercury Vapour Light Skinner Trap.
Taxa
0015 Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) 1
0303 Parornix anglicella 1 - new moth for me & the garden
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 7
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 11
0873 Blastobasis adustella 1
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 4
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 4
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 2
1063 Celypha striana 3
1078 Celypha doubledayana 5
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 21
1390 Udea prunalis 1 - new moth for me & the garden
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 2 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 3
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 2
1713 Riband Wave (banded form - Idaea aversata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (non-banded form -Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 6
1726 Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata) 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 5
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 2
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 2
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 2
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 8
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 2
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 15
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2031 White Satin (Leucoma salicis) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 2
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 4
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 1
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 1
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 5
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 3
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 9
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 19
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 5
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 5
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 12
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 2
2449 Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia) 1- new moth for me & the garden
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1 2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 6
Total: 210 individials of 55 species
A quick summary of the catch with the 125W Mercury Vapour Light Skinner Trap.
Taxa
0015 Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina) 1
0303 Parornix anglicella 1 - new moth for me & the garden
0424 Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) 7
0464 Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella) 11
0873 Blastobasis adustella 1
0972 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis heparana) 4
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 4
1010 Red-barred Tortrix (Ditula angustiorana) 2
1063 Celypha striana 3
1078 Celypha doubledayana 5
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 4
1304 Agriphila straminella 1
1338 Dipleurina lacustrata 21
1390 Udea prunalis 1 - new moth for me & the garden
1428 Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) 2 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1
1653 Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides) 3
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1708 Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata) 2
1713 Riband Wave (banded form - Idaea aversata) 1
1713 Riband Wave (non-banded form -Idaea aversata ab. remutata) 6
1726 Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata) 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 5
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 2
1765 Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 2
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 2
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 8
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 2
1921 Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria) 1
1922 Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 15
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) 1
2031 White Satin (Leucoma salicis) 1
2050 Common Footman (Eilema lurideola) 2
2077 Short-cloaked Moth (Nola cucullatella) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 2
2098 Flame (Axylia putris) 4
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 3
2136 Gothic (Naenia typica) 1
2154 Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae) 1
2155 Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) 5
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea) 3
2193 Clay (Mythimna ferrago) 1
2293 Marbled Beauty (Cryphia domestica) 9
2321 Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) 19
2322 Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 5
2343x Common Rustic agg. (Mesapamea secalis agg.) 5
2381 Uncertain (Hoplodrina alsines) 12
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 2
2449 Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia) 1- new moth for me & the garden
2474 Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis) 1 2477 Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
2489 Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) 6
Total: 210 individials of 55 species
Early Thorn
Orange Swift
Dark Spectacle
Elephant Hawk-moth
Scalloped Oak
Common Footman
Friday, 19 July 2013
Wildlife Camera Trap
Our Hedgehog is now a regularly night time visitor to the garden. On Wednesday evening he was particularly quick off the mark and first visited the food dish 3 minutes after I had filled it. At 10:33 pm he arrived at the food dish and stayed in front of the camera for 7 minutes before going for a drink of water and more night time adventures.
He returned to the garden and food dish at 1:41 am on Thursday and stayed for another 7 minutes.
The camera did record something surprising before dawn on Thursday morning. The visit of a Blackbird at 4.40 am, showing how this bird is arriving a good hour before the others to ensure first pickings of the food left behind by the Hedgehog.
He returned to the garden and food dish at 1:41 am on Thursday and stayed for another 7 minutes.
The camera did record something surprising before dawn on Thursday morning. The visit of a Blackbird at 4.40 am, showing how this bird is arriving a good hour before the others to ensure first pickings of the food left behind by the Hedgehog.
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