Dave came round early with a bag full of moths and a smile on his face – had a very good catch with at least 30 species of 79 moths including Mullein which was new for his garden which put my 20 species of 34 moths to shame.
Mullein
Green Silver Lines
We then went down to Wood Street, Rugby for breakfast before moving on to Myson House to join the gathering crowds for the appearance of Tornado. It came in a couple of minutes late but left on time. Unfortunately it stopped at the end of the platform unlike Bittern the previous month so had to rely on long distant shots. Although very impressive I just wish it had a few more scratches and a bit of grime on it – looks too new for my liking – prefer my girls rough and dirty.
Tornado
Had to collect some plants along the A45 so called in on Draycote Meadows where the 100s of Green-winged Orchids were impressive – a few butterflies were out and we managed 15 Orange-tip, 4 Common Blue, 10 Large White, 3 Green-veined White, 2 Small Copper and 2 Small Tortoiseshell plus Blue-tailed Damselfly and a Grass Rivulet moth – only birds of note were 6 Buzzard.
I went looking for more butterflies in the afternoon between Stockton and Napton and managed Dingy Skipper, 3 Grizzled Skipper, 5 Common Blue, 2 Small Copper, Green Hairstreak, 2 Peacock, 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 3 Brimstone, 16 Large White, 2 Small White, 18 Orange-tip, 3 Green-veined White and 5 Speckled Wood. Moths included Cinnabar, Burnet Companion, Treble Bar, Grass Rivulet and Brown Silver-lines while dragonfly’s noted included Large Red Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly and Common Blue Damselfly. On the birding front there was nothing reportable.
Richard
