August 10th 2009

The traps were heaving this morning and it took me over an hour to clear them down and another hour to identify everything so by the time I put me washing on and had me oatabix half the morning had gone. 220 moths of 47 species with the catch dominated by 70 Large Yellow Underwing, 26 Marbled Beauty 21 Riband Wave,12 Willow Beauty and 10 Common Rustic aggs. Highlights included Chinese Character, Pale, Iron, Pebble, Swallow Prominent, Least Yellow Underwing and a few micos. Weather crap today so only bird to report was a Sparrowhawk over the garden this morning and early this evening there was one perched on the back garden fence briefly.


Gold Spot by Bob Hazell which was in Daves trap the other night.

Red Underwing at Draycote Water by Bob Hazell

Richard