Marmalade Hoverfly

 A common hoverfly in the garden.

Moth Records for w/c 2nd & 11th July 2020

 Trapping on the 2nd July with an overnight low temperature of 12.6C. I recorded the following species:

Garden Carpet 1

Marbled Carpet 3

Dark Arches 1

Heart & Dart 3

Uncertain 4

Common Footman 1

Eudonia lacustrata 1

Double-square spot 1

Common Wainscot

Trapping on the 11th July with an overnight low temperature of 9.0C. I recorded the following species:

Common Footman 1

Flame 1

Dark Arches 7

Heart & Dart 1

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Rustic 2

Chrysoteuchia culmella 1

Dunbar 1

Light Arches 1

Uncertain 2

Tawny Minor 1

Diamond back moth 2

Brown House Moth 1

White-shouldered House Moth 1

Wildlife Camera Trap - July 2020

The month of July brought an unexpected new visitor to our garden. For many years we have put a handful of peanuts out each night for Hedgehogs and enjoyed seeing their night-time antics via the camera.

At the beginning of the month we had our first sighting of a beautiful Fox.

Over the month we get more views, although we didn’t find out how she entered the garden.

No further sightings in the garden after month-end.

Moth Records for w/c 19th & 25th June 2020

 Overnight trapping on 19th June 2020 recorded the following species:

Peppered Moth (light) 1

Brown House Moth 2

Buff Ermine 1

Uncertain 1

Chrysoteuchia culmella 1

Celypha Striana 1

Marbled Orchard Fruit Moth 1

Bryotropha Domestics 1

Also found on 19th were two Red-barred Tortrix mating on the garden plants

On the 25th June, the moth trap was on again.

Willow Beauty 5

Riband Wave (Non-banded) 3

Chrysoteuchia culmella 5

White-shouldered House Moth 1

Marbled Beauty 1

Riband Wave (Banded) 1

Buff Ermine 2

Dot Moth 1

Eudonia lacustrata 3

Light Arches 1

Heart & Dart 4

Double-square Spot 1

Uncertain 5

Common Footman 1

Elephant Hawkmoth 1

Common Marbled Carpet 1

Phoenix 1

Green Silver-lines 1

Brimstone Moth 1

Brown House Moth 2

Light Brown Apple Moth 1

Red-barred Tortrix 2

Flame Carpet 1

Cyprus Tip Moth

Cyprus Tip Moth

Willow Beauty

Elephant Hawkmoth

Buff Ermine