The theme for 2021 is reed-beds and the nearest suitable habitat to me is at Staveley, just a couple of miles from home. The big drawback for the site is poor access with long distance to lug the equipment to get to the reedbeds. In the past I have used a wheelbarrow but since my daughter moved her horses away I no longer have that luxury. On Thursday night 8th July, I managed to get set up based at the furthest hide by 2215, and I retired to the car to get some sleep. A start at counting and identifying from 0400 and took 3 hours to count the four traps and pack everything away.
A fairly modest haul with no great numbers, and surprisingly few Wainscot species. A total of about 360 moths of 85 species, several micros still to be sorted, the most numerous being 47 Clouded Border, 40 Smoky Wainscot, 33 Uncertain/Rustic agg., and 26 July Highflier. The reedbed specialities were few in number but included singles each of Crescent, Southern Wainscot, and a new Yorkshire record for me of Obscure Wainscot.
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| 73.119 Crescent Helotropha leucostigma |
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| 73.294 Southern Wainscot Mythimna straminea |
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| 73.302 Obscure Wainscot Leucania obsoleta |
A good feature shown by Southern Wainscot is a browband clearly seen when viewed head-on.
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| Southern Wainscot, browband feature. |
Other species seen included the following, some colourful moths others rather plainer but still of interest.
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| 49.215 Ancylis achatana |
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| 63.020 Anania perlucidalis |
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| 63.079 Calamotropha paludella |
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| 63.080 Garden Grass-veneer Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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| 70.013 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata |
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| 70.093 Barred Straw Gandaritis pyraliata |
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| 70.278 Common Wave Cabera exanthemata |
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| 73.101 Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica |
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