Firecrest Video

I spent a few hours searching for migrants at Hartlepool Headland and was rewarded with very close views of Firecrest and Yellow-browed Warbler.

Moth News 8/10/10

8 species trapped overnight and the temperature was a mild 13.6C.

464 Diamond-back Moth 2
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 5
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot 1
2441 Silver Y 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet 2
1768 Grey Pine Carpet 1
1795x November Moth agg 1
2452 Red Underwing 1

Moth News 2/10/10

5 species trapped overnight, despite a chilly 6.5C.

2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot 7
464 Diamond-back Moth 1
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 6
1048 Garden Rose Tortrix 1
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1

Moth News 25/9/10

3 species trapped overnight, but 2 new records for the garden.

2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot 3

2441 Silver Y 1

2266 Brown-spot Pinion 1 (see below)

Moth News 17/9/10

5 species trapped overnight and the temperature dropped to a chilly 5.8C in the garden.

2364 Frosted Orange 1

2353 Flounced Rustic 1

998 Light Brown Apple Moth 3

464 Diamond-back Moth 1

1048 Garden Rose Tortix 1

The Frosted Orange (see below) and Flounced Rustic were new for the garden.

Moth News 10/9/2010

12 species trapped overnight.


1524 Emmelina Monodactyla 2
998 Light Brown Apple Moth 10
1764 Common Marbled Carpet 6
1728 Garden Carpet 6
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
2441 Silver Y 1
648 Brown House Moth 1
2474 Straw Dot 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing 3
2126 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
2110 Board-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
2306 Angle Shades 1

Portsmouth to Bilbao Ferry Trip Highlights

27/8/10 Portsmouth to Bilbao (Day 1)
Northern Gannet 147
Manx Shearwater 3
Storm Petrel 8
Cory Shearwater 4
Fulmar 2
Great Skua 3
Sooty Shearwater 1
Pomarine Skua 1
Sabine Gull 1
Willow Warbler 1
Northern Wheater 1
Robin 1
Kestrel 1

Bottle-nosed Dolphin c23
Common Dolphin c80
Long-fin Pilot Whale 12
Fin Whale 5

28/8/10 4 hours in Bilbao (Day 2)
Giffon Vulture 14
Black Tern 1
Red-backed Shrike 1
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Common Buzzard
Cirl Bunting

28/8/10 Bilbao to Portsmouth (poor conditions)
Northern Gannet 26
Sooty Shearwater 1
Manx Shearwater 1
Storm Petrel 2
Arctic Skua 2
Sandwich Tern 2
Grey Pharlope 8

Bottle-nosed Dolphin 5
Common Dolphin 4
Tuna 1
Fin Whale 1
Sunfish 1

29/8/10 Bilbao to Portsmouth (Day 3)
Northern Gannet 187
Great Skua 10
Manx Shearwater 1
Fulmar 1
Sooty Shearwater 1
Storm Petrel 24
Common Tern 4
Sandwich Tern 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3