Moth Evening at Nether Kellet (VC60) - 26th August 2016

A took my Actinic light 30W to Nether Kellet and trapped a variety of moths on a calm mild starry night.

73.359 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character
70.045 Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar
73.357 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic
73.348 Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
73.342 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing
58.013 Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone
70.097 Dysstroma truncata Common Marbled Carpet
41.002 Blastobasis adustella a moth
73.015 Autographa gamma Silver Y 
73.162 Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches
70.061 Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet
70.049 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet
49.077 Acleris variegana Garden Rose Tortrix
70.053 Xanthorhoe designata Flame Carpet
20.022 Argyresthia bonnetella a moth
49.038 Clepsis consimilana a moth
28.010 Hofmannophila pseudospretella Brown House-moth
70.079 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet
70.098 Chloroclysta citrata citrata Dark Marbled Carpet
73.329 Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder
49.039 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth

Garden Rose Tortrix

Unidentified 'yet!'

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Shaded Broad-bar

Spruce Carpet

Week 25 & 26 - Garden Moth Update

On Thursday 19th August 2016, I put my moth trap out with an overnight low of 13.9°C.

1 Diamond-back Moth
1 Brown House Moth
1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix
1 Agriphila tristella
1 Udea lutealis
1 Garden Carpet
1 Canary-shouldered Thorn
1 Willow Beauty
22 Large Yellow Underwing
4 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
3 Square-spot Rustic
1 Common Rustic agg.

On Thursday 25th August 2016, I put my moth trap out with an overnight low of 12.7°C for Week 26 of the Garden Moth Scheme.

2 Light Brown Apple Moth
1 Flame Carpet
1 Garden Carpet
2 Willow Beauty
27 Large Yellow Underwing
3 Lesser Yellow Underwing
3 Square-spot Rustic
1 Marbled Minor agg.

Flame Carpet (worn)

Willow Beauty

WeBS Counts for Seaton Sands and North Gare Sands 21st August 2016

Seaton Sands WeBS - Start 17:15 - Finish 19:10

8 Common Scoter
2 Cormorant
61 Herring Gull
2 Black-headed Gull
1 Greater Black-backed Gull
3 Sandwich Tern


North Gare Sands WeBS - Start 17:20 - Finish 18:45

2 Cormorant
150 Ringed Plover
97 Dunlin
198 Sandwich Tern
573 Oystercatcher
62 Curlew
160 Knot
8 Herring Gull
88 Common Tern
6 Black-headed Gull
4 Turnstone
1 Kittiwake
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Roseate Tern

Dunlin

Whilst walking through the dunes, I spotted some Cinnabar Moth larvae on the Common Ragwort.

Week 24 - Garden Moth Update

On Sunday 14th August 2016, I put my moth trap out for Week 24 of the Garden Moth Scheme. Overnight low temperature was 13.8°C.

2 Bird-Cherry Ermine

2 Brown House Moth

2 Blastobasis adustella

1 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix

3 Light Brown Apple Moth

2 Agriphila straminella

1 Garden Carpet

1 Common Carpet

1 Canary-shouldered Thorn

3 Willow Beauty

23 Large Yellow Underwing

6 Square-spot Rustic

1 Grey Chi

1 Marbled Beauty

2 Marbled Minor agg.

Grey Chi

Canary-shouldered Thorn

 Square-spot Rustic