Garden Tiger last seen at Brandon Marsh in 1996
Out Last night to Brandon Marsh for a mothing night with friends and it turned out to be a brilliant night’s mothing in terms of numbers, quality and laughs. Normally it goes quiet in the middle of the night but there was just no let up with moths on the move dusk to dawn. I have only just started collating the results but we have managed to catch 3500 moths of 168 species of which Rosy Footman, Large Emerald and Scallop Shell were new for me and we may have added 12 to the Brandon list which is already pretty impressive but will have to wait for confirmation once I have sent the list off to the various recorders. Many thanks to all those attending. We also had fun with the bat detector and saw Badger and Barn owl as well as hearing Tawny Owl in the night.
Managed a couple of hours sleep then out with Dave to Ryton Woods were we spent a pleasant hour watching Purple Hairstreak 3, White Admiral 4 and Silver-washed Fritillary 5 before calling it a day.
Fen Wainscot
Scallop Shell a potential first for Brandon Marsh
Rosy Footman
Oak Eggar a potential first for Brandon Marsh
Richard
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