April, May & June 2021 Moth Highlights

 The month of April brought a new visitor to my Skinner Trap with 30W Actinic Light. A Twin-spotted Quaker (73.250).

On 31st May, an annual visitor and firm favourite paid a call in the form of a Poplar Hawkmoth (69.003).

June brought two firsts for the garden. A Sallow Kitten (71.005) and a Chinese Character (65.007) both photographed below. 

Sallow Kitten

Sallow Kitten

Chinese Character

Other photographed visitors were as follows:

Small Phoenix (70.094)

The Spectacle (73.001)

The Spectacle (73.001)

Pale Prominent (71.020)

Scalloped Hazel (70.240)

Flame Shoulder (73.329)

Peppered Moth (70.252)

Broken-barred Carpet (70.086)

Notocelia cynosbatella (49.292)

Bright-line Brown-eye (73.267)

Clouded Silver (70.280)

Bloodvein (70.029)

Garden Highlights June 2021

 In June, there was a noticeable increase in insect activity in the garden. On the 5th June, we had a first record of a Common Blue Damselfly and a Copper Underwing moth larvae was seen too on the same day.

Butterflies numbers were low in June with only single visitors.

Orange Tip - 01/06/2021

Holly Blue - 12/06/2021

Large White  - 17/06/2021

Small White - 22/02/2021

Small Tortoiseshell - 23/06/2021

Speckled Wood - 22/06/2021

On 12th & 13th June, 14-spot Ladybirds were present in the garden.

The maximum counts of each bird species visiting the feeders were as follows:

7 House Sparrow

2 Blue Tit

2 Great Tit

1 Robin

1 Woodpigeon

4 Goldfinch

2 Jackdaw

4 Blackbird

20 Starling

3 Greenfinch

1 Wren

1 Feral Pigeon

3 Dunnock

1 Song Thrush

1 Great-Spotted Woodpecker

1 Chaffinch

1 Collared Dove

The pond contained tadpoles, froglets and frogs.