tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91789627762873552842024-02-21T11:14:43.106+00:00Grampy BustardThe musings of a southern naturalist up north....Grampy Bustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10142560608036584205noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-39364914840246008582022-02-20T05:32:00.001+00:002022-02-22T13:15:33.641+00:00Birding a local patch - a reminisce<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">CHEDDAR RESERVOIR, Somerset</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipTVsLbuNF2ZJbjEIhVa_p5biVvg9A8IYzQiZ30_GzeT7ITaT_GDUINpqDmXfs5-3zYWtGM4HaaxM5xmgcr85ZzfT0G_EJwidORLwQlGbZluD98s5WOnSIgxZDH5IQJZd0BSAwHPCJ7mYMJdmvkrNJKdAL4jQnHCgHTAknQwYKYyssKOIRB2zX-sq8pA=s940" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="940" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipTVsLbuNF2ZJbjEIhVa_p5biVvg9A8IYzQiZ30_GzeT7ITaT_GDUINpqDmXfs5-3zYWtGM4HaaxM5xmgcr85ZzfT0G_EJwidORLwQlGbZluD98s5WOnSIgxZDH5IQJZd0BSAwHPCJ7mYMJdmvkrNJKdAL4jQnHCgHTAknQwYKYyssKOIRB2zX-sq8pA=w640-h204" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>I moved to Somerset in the spring of 1974, as a very green spotty youth, lodging with an elderly lady in Barrows Croft Road in Cheddar, or living with an 'older woman' as I liked to claim. Being too young to go to the pub and women still a bit of a mystery, I purchased a second-hand racing bike and a trusty pair of 8 X 30 Russian bins, and escaped from my landladies knitting and yappy dog by visiting Cheddar Reservoir. I had done very little birdwatching before, and never to my knowledge met another real birdwatcher. I stumbled across the log book which was kept in the cupboard in the toilet block at the Cheddar entrance, and was amazed at the birds which were reported there with such regularity, especially by one particular observer. It was some months before I met another birdwatcher, and naturally we got talking. I expressed with incredulity, that someone with the initials BR seemed to see lots of birds there, and I wondered whether he was making them up. Brian Rabbitts introduced himself to me, and if my memory serves me correctly pointed out the Slav Grebe that had been there for ages, but I had never seen. The next time I saw Brian was when he called me about a Temminck's Stint, which with the Sanderling were both new birds for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>At last I began to see some of the birds that previous County Reports listed as turning up, and there followed a series of good autumns with numerous vagrants such as Whiskered Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Wryneck and American Wigeon. My meagre list started to mount up, and I started to travel further afield, but always returned to the reservoir for local watching and enjoyment.</div><div><br /></div><div>Having got hooked on birdwatching, I went through periods when I visited the reservoir almost daily, especially at peak times, and sometimes as many as three times a day. There were other times in periods of general malaise with the reservoir after far more exciting trips abroad, and it might be several months before I could drag myself to go there again. It was amazing that each time I visited the reservoir after such periods of indifference my enthusiasm was immediately rekindled on my first visit by sightings such as a flock of Common Scoter, or a Black Redstart, and even a Glaucous Gull, which were like a 'welcome back' to the place.</div><div><br /></div><div>The visits in the early years were often an adventure. In those days it was access by permit only, and it was a challenge to make a successful visit without being accosted by the Bristol Waterworks caretaker on his bike. I started riding my bike round too, so that if he arrived, I could see which way he was riding, and I could at least ride in the other direction. My first couple of years of anarchistic lawbreaking, were replaced by a period of relative respectability by being the official BTO 'duck-counter', which meant a complementary permit, but was not half as much fun!</div><div><br /></div><div>This was all to change as years went by as access was relaxed enough to let people in without challenging them, to the late 1980's when access became totally unrestricted, and it became a running track for health freaks, and a dog-walking arena, for the more sedate. The new challenge for me was to manage a complete circuit of the reservoir without having to extract something rather unpleasant from my commando soles. So incensed was I after one particular visit, I actually sat down and worked out how many tons of faeces were likely to be deposited at the reservoir in a particular year. However, on reflection, this probably paled into insignificance compared with the tons of duck and coot droppings deposited into the drinking water......</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaZLUTGxsOcniJJXx58_CfcjSCY5gMohIykdf34ALdHssl2H5uMhce1X6Bq_4ft_v6aBqCgC-vkirBd2wctgwLzccb7rxFAeEDnPk-fJs06xYy_x9AIkXvwukZgQvueDICaiMgZSxLrNzk18nJgoLqcF9WgsHw3AqCW00GTkEpq-LvnyPv6QVCBsFplQ=s1019" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="1019" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaZLUTGxsOcniJJXx58_CfcjSCY5gMohIykdf34ALdHssl2H5uMhce1X6Bq_4ft_v6aBqCgC-vkirBd2wctgwLzccb7rxFAeEDnPk-fJs06xYy_x9AIkXvwukZgQvueDICaiMgZSxLrNzk18nJgoLqcF9WgsHw3AqCW00GTkEpq-LvnyPv6QVCBsFplQ=w640-h332" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB5ekXQ6p4QbY5b_1UIdb2NeESC9ra1s52aSuFxrKAeEN_ffvhuNu8z8d9lzOO9htSftGvMe3A0uyW50Pk9GZRqEK5P40vjOyQRJjFqio0TFXE6TRfSodSec0GJLMTubLwdbGwm9JUcxXTp2E6WTZn492VG6AM3ZVOXF3l9BHFqTS0kNK-v6wKC8ilxg=s1193" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1193" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjB5ekXQ6p4QbY5b_1UIdb2NeESC9ra1s52aSuFxrKAeEN_ffvhuNu8z8d9lzOO9htSftGvMe3A0uyW50Pk9GZRqEK5P40vjOyQRJjFqio0TFXE6TRfSodSec0GJLMTubLwdbGwm9JUcxXTp2E6WTZn492VG6AM3ZVOXF3l9BHFqTS0kNK-v6wKC8ilxg=w640-h364" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHmbRlMGUvyrJf-Jf9WAib8GZkUOSzlv_n0GINwKX-cRMGJlm6fd0h06kX9QY6KO4uh3Q5teK0AFk7-0_wGdFoANdnYG66VAKO42aun165mT1yVzU83lnPRe_koxxKWg4nMkbZwDjMc4PcUNleG0Uoj5Cpf4YgIyFY8T4gbR4OZeuq9huPKHKQbTBD9w=s1171" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1171" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHmbRlMGUvyrJf-Jf9WAib8GZkUOSzlv_n0GINwKX-cRMGJlm6fd0h06kX9QY6KO4uh3Q5teK0AFk7-0_wGdFoANdnYG66VAKO42aun165mT1yVzU83lnPRe_koxxKWg4nMkbZwDjMc4PcUNleG0Uoj5Cpf4YgIyFY8T4gbR4OZeuq9huPKHKQbTBD9w=w640-h310" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was always a pleasure to visit the reservoir without being disturbed by anyone else, something which was much more difficult to do in later years. You could arrive at the reservoir knowing that you were likely to be the only one there that day, and the birds on it were your own. As one breasted the parapet a quick scan would confirm you were the only one there, but increasingly other 'regulars' would appear. Most became friends, while the occasional others were to be avoided at all costs. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is difficult to say which scenario gave me most pleasure: the pleasure gained sitting on the south side, with Green Woodpeckers and Little Owls calling away, and looking over the calm waters on a sunny evening, with the Mendip hills as a backdrop - very therapeutic. In Autumn the excitement generated by the very distinctive smell of drying weed, meaning the water level had dropped and in a good year sandy islands, with the potential of finding good waders. Spring was always welcome wit the first flush of migrants on a sunny Spring morning, contrasting the pain and frostbite endured scanning the winter gull flocks looking for rare gulls.</div><div><br /></div><div>Although enjoying other people's birds at the reservoir, at last I started finding my own there, and nothing gave me more pleasure than me actually ringing the highly revered Rabbi with news of my finds. I was lucky with a couple of Wilson's Phalaropes, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, American Golden Plover, Green-winged Teal and Ring-necked Duck, and scarce visitors like Little Auk, a couple of Little Egrets, several Ospreys, Red-necked Phalarope, three species of Skua, and other oddities. I had White-headed duck among the numerous Ruddy Duck, other species including Marbled Duck, and various escapees such as Flamingo, which always added interest.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN4xCptm6ElIFrKb_OCgVE6m7_cKGNGhQy8ZD5UQ1lbIY594mcC027IvlR9owPEQSmnga-LHVWtdfCfmxECjwcK2-56B3eAiGmuFZgP4Jh0AkgfVI-jUyJoKKQUuP7TUNdv9kG9_KSoAGxWjgYpm6szwXl6nTcl2KpUmXOKHEBapvXRR9M9JAH-p6ghw=s1470" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1470" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN4xCptm6ElIFrKb_OCgVE6m7_cKGNGhQy8ZD5UQ1lbIY594mcC027IvlR9owPEQSmnga-LHVWtdfCfmxECjwcK2-56B3eAiGmuFZgP4Jh0AkgfVI-jUyJoKKQUuP7TUNdv9kG9_KSoAGxWjgYpm6szwXl6nTcl2KpUmXOKHEBapvXRR9M9JAH-p6ghw=w640-h484" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-necked Phalarope</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLrmkMGd7gzqGZrUqLKxKPhUEF3wP8fDKft4b9Dylt-eVwiRBnF1lpXElw2ckAPnuK4cjdiliV8uHF1tOhkktAXkYrdAGSJJD4jPlcjYxn8DOHb4wLMl76iPfiSDHYBWhdHiB2YRRr4RJp_JbQcLqsI56DDhrc0bROV-y1j0awE1WbQ9v4u425kTw27A=s1501" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1501" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLrmkMGd7gzqGZrUqLKxKPhUEF3wP8fDKft4b9Dylt-eVwiRBnF1lpXElw2ckAPnuK4cjdiliV8uHF1tOhkktAXkYrdAGSJJD4jPlcjYxn8DOHb4wLMl76iPfiSDHYBWhdHiB2YRRr4RJp_JbQcLqsI56DDhrc0bROV-y1j0awE1WbQ9v4u425kTw27A=w640-h444" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wilson's Phalarope</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Having amassed a reasonable Cheddar list over the years, I was always grateful for calls concerning 'new' birds, and need to thank James Packer for Firecrest and Iceland Gull, and the Rabbi for numerous others. Of course, there were several records which did 'get away'. I could kick myself for the Broad-billed Sandpiper sitting motionless on one of the islands, which after 20 minutes of inactivity suddenly disappeared as I briefly looked away. Or the early May Short-toed Lark which flew only feet above my head calling, and flew out of sight towards Shute Shelve. I was confident in having spent many hours in close contact with the larks in Cyprus. I even rang my best mate in Cornwall to tell him, and guess what, he had seen one too on the Lizard, one of about five which made it to Britain in a five day period. There was the Richard's Pipit which the Rabbi saw after leaving me sitting on one side of the reservoir, and I am sure I remember him waving, and being a friendly fellow I just waved back, before leaving. Doh! </div><div><br /></div><div>Gulls became one of my main interests, especially after finding Mediterranean Gulls fairly regularly. Good numbers of Yellow-legged Gulls, and darker races of Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a very dark small slender Baltic type Lesser Black-backed, and a couple of Ring-billed Gulls, and several hybrid or oddly plumaged birds, including a Mediterranean X Black-headed Gull and leucistic Greater Black-backed Gull.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheddar always seemed colder than anywhere else, and after scanning the winter gull flocks, one often left bordering on hyperthermia. I started using a foam mat to sit on, so as not to get a touch of 'Cheddar bottom', and although possibly open to ridicule, at least I was always the comfortable one with a warm and padded seat. It fitted neatly in my Barbour inner pocket, and became to be considered as essential as the telescope and tripod. The lack of cover sometimes meant getting caught out by heavy showers; you could see them coming across the Axe valley, and always seemed to move faster than I could. The removal of two sheds on the Axbridge side, meant the loss of cover during westerly gales, making looking for windblown seabirds that much harder. </div><div><br /></div><div>There were always the times to curse the joggers who flushed the waders before you got to them, and the fishermen who left many yards of line and discarded hooks, and litter and dog faeces everywhere, and the yachtsmen and wind-surfers, well, the less said about them the better! The hot-air balloon which scraped its basket along the main island as target practice, scaring off every bird on the reservoir, before drifting off into oblivion. There was the time I walked round the reservoir, and for fun walked back round; on returning to my car I tried all my pockets several times, but could not find my keys anywhere. I walked back round the reservoir for the third time scouring every inch looking for my keys, without any joy, and had to walk back to my house in Cheddar Village. I put my hand in my pocket and pulled my keys out to open the front door; they were there all the time! I walked back to the reservoir to pick up my car; what should have been a pleasant stroll turned into a major trek.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also have many fond memories of the place. Wading out thigh deep in the mud with Jeff Hazel to grill a strange looking 'peep', and discarding the wellies on the way back to make it easier to walk. There was the time I stopped one of the joggers, and asked him to tell the birdwatcher on the other side of the reservoir that I was looking at a Little Egret in a creek, which he could not see, and the mounting excitement as the jogger got closer to the watcher, who when told started running faster than the jogger! The time I watched a particularly unrestrained yachtsman leaning out so far from his boat, and getting so close to the buoy, that there was a resounding 'boing' as he made cranial contact with the aluminium beer-barrel masquerading as a buoy. The numerous enjoyable birds were crowned by my best sighting of a juvenile Marsh Sandpiper which gave a fleeting visit before moving on up to Chew and Blagdon, and remains the only Somerset (the 'old' new Somerset?) record. There were many hours of pleasant conversation with good friends, and pleasant scenery all around, which helped me unwind, and was fabulous therapy in stressful times.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the 24 years of visiting the reservoir I saw well over 200 species there (c.85% of the full Cheddar list), and my best year there gave me 123 birds. I always regret missing some of the visitors, like Hawfinch, Hoopoe, Long-tailed Skua, and could never understand how White-winged Black Terns always seemed to avoid the place during this period. I moved from the area in August 1998, and have since moved to deepest darkest Dorset. However, while attempting to do my regular Rook survey in ST45 in March of this year, I visited the reservoir for the first time in 18 months, in the hope of seeing an early Sand Martin. I was rewarded with Somerset's second ever Franklin's Gull, and the irony of finding arguably my best bird there after not being there for so long was very apparent. </div><div><br /></div><div>There is a lot to be said for having a 'local patch', and I miss the reservoir and its birds dreadfully. I do, however, having moved to pastures new a whole new arena in which to find my birds, and starting off from 'nought' again has many new challenges. The thought of wandering around locally, in the knowledge that I am most unlikely to meet any other birdwatchers, and that even commonish species are 'new'. </div><div><br /></div></div>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-61628846810421353702022-01-03T10:07:00.000+00:002022-01-03T10:07:12.430+00:00My top ten birding moments<p style="text-align: justify;">Having been birding seriously for over 45 years there have been many occasions when the effort of going out has been rewarded with those outstanding and wholly memorable moments. Having been a patch watcher for most of that time those special rewards have been many if not particularly meaningful to others, with many hours spent watching Cheddar Reservoir, Brean Down and the Somerset Levels. Those long gone years of chasing other people’s bird do not even get a mention in this list, indeed the only twitchy bird was the Wallcreeper but this was well before the news broke and invariably I was the only one present. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are many events and birds that stick in my mind but assembling this list of the top ten was surprisingly easy; they just all sprang to mind in an instant. Self-found birds are always a thrill and there are many instances of the pleasure of finding species new for the site. Overseas trips do offer the opportunity to find plenty of interesting birds, even common species which you don’t often see in the UK. These days the modern birding scene in Britain is not at all enjoyable, and I long for overseas holidays to enjoy the local birds in the peace and quiet with always the possibility of something new.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My list of top ten birding moments follows, in no particular order, although those months of solitary viewing of the Wallcreeper must be near the top:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Wallcreeper at Cheddar</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I had only heard a rumour the first winter the bird was present and chased over to Hastings in Spring 1978 to miss the bird there by a couple of hours. Subsequently the news broke about it having been in a quarry at Cheddar, Somerset where I was living at the time: I could even see the quarry from my bedroom window. The following Winter I was tipped the wink that the bird had returned but that the quarry owners would not entertain general public access. Over the following months I saw the bird dozens of times, in at least three different locations, usually by myself or with my best mate. Cheddar Gorge was the most difficult site and the bird was always distant, Chelms Combe Quarry was the main site and occasionally gave close views, and Shipham Gorge quarry gave the closest views on one occasion. Once the news broke, Chelms Combe quarry and the tower-testing station became overwhelmed, but I cannot imagine how the whole area would grind to a halt if it was repeated now. Towards the end of its stay the bird was moulting into breeding plumage developing a black throat and how can I ever forget it singing the plaintive notes while hopping in and out of a puddle on the rockface!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Christmas morning Oued Massa</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Having already been to Morocco in the usual spring time several years earlier, I jumped at the chance of a Christmas trip there with three other guys from Somerset in December 1982. There were lots of stunning birds which were new to the others and Lammergeyer was new to me. However the bird of the trip was a White-tailed Plover I flushed from a flooded field at Oued Massa on the Atlantic coast. The following morning after waking on the beach at Oued Massa, from my sleeping bag a flock of Bald Ibis flew north above the surf. There were many Crested Coots, Marbled Teal among the thousands of wintering duck, Audouin’s Gulls on the beach, Moussier’s Redstarts and Black-capped Tchagra in the scrub, Plain Sand Martins overhead and further fabulous views of the Plover. What a Christmas present!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw9Epp7ZAvCzAf4Whig8PTUJSycs_6apjHXIKVn11-1Hn9Y6VJQGPBUD1-JsQqBdGpX3nLjme090rk7ff1THIuxn9K-u8TfuZT9EYQ9ipXYyjINmCr1ILA_-ccNckTNzoD-4my3PLHElXfG_jOdMMfwXb-a2WtOkHYj1OHiR6wthHpjMmKg8kcIvpbxA=s1560" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1560" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw9Epp7ZAvCzAf4Whig8PTUJSycs_6apjHXIKVn11-1Hn9Y6VJQGPBUD1-JsQqBdGpX3nLjme090rk7ff1THIuxn9K-u8TfuZT9EYQ9ipXYyjINmCr1ILA_-ccNckTNzoD-4my3PLHElXfG_jOdMMfwXb-a2WtOkHYj1OHiR6wthHpjMmKg8kcIvpbxA=w640-h444" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bald Ibis, on the beach, near Tamri, Morocco</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6pHWK1BAvGeaWuLIPNRQ14HiG-glHv5PT1Fi-nc4KRq1fVir2JaOBUGsNCCxF3B_9GarMoY24bGmLS0j8TElCvleCTt6GDMdbNDb08bKWvr9VEHySFlVXtV-LXSNVvqwQ8CDgBGdAKB68UMItDmXxTMHJAEcGAIlPFD9OGELCNr_3GOUu7icSNsyL4w=s1368" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1368" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6pHWK1BAvGeaWuLIPNRQ14HiG-glHv5PT1Fi-nc4KRq1fVir2JaOBUGsNCCxF3B_9GarMoY24bGmLS0j8TElCvleCTt6GDMdbNDb08bKWvr9VEHySFlVXtV-LXSNVvqwQ8CDgBGdAKB68UMItDmXxTMHJAEcGAIlPFD9OGELCNr_3GOUu7icSNsyL4w=w640-h440" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White-tailed Plover, Oued Massa, Morocco</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Monterey pelagic trip</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This has always been a lifelong ambition to do and had a fantastic experience in August 2014, and this is covered in detail in my blog at that time. If you ever get the chance just do it!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0LbFcL9tExvUO_Y0vK0pNINnbz83u6OVxp9tAQmHgiDmHeVdJVU0ZuuM5o7SEF3-L28Ubou5Mat81wvmikKhcyD5fXhFxQaXk6OKPdiuZdwvPnl11-5JS7EsAsWGnI7AneL1kc2zRodNFFuoRVjzINHTY7bxzpexRQzMrrMFR6miIQ6JXsUpJdp0KEw=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0LbFcL9tExvUO_Y0vK0pNINnbz83u6OVxp9tAQmHgiDmHeVdJVU0ZuuM5o7SEF3-L28Ubou5Mat81wvmikKhcyD5fXhFxQaXk6OKPdiuZdwvPnl11-5JS7EsAsWGnI7AneL1kc2zRodNFFuoRVjzINHTY7bxzpexRQzMrrMFR6miIQ6JXsUpJdp0KEw=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-footed Albatross, Monterey</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>UAE</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have been fortunate to spend a couple of long weekends in the UAE, once in Spring and again in the Autumn. What a fantastic place to see lots of birds and some real cripplers in beautiful scenery and great light. The estuaries offered up fantastic views of thousands of waders, breeding plumage Greater and Lesser Sandplover, Great Knot, Crab Plover, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Pacific Golden Plover and Terek Sandpipers. There were plenty of bewildering races of gulls, including summer-plumaged Great Black-headed Gulls, Crested, Lesser Crested and White-cheeked Terns. An absolutely stunning country and one I would love to return to.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Fall of yank warblers Point Pelee</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Early May 1979 at Canada’s premier migration hot-spot Point Pelee was a fantastic experience. I think there were 12 of us in our rented house and the early morning walks around the point was a mind-blowing introduction to American birds, particularly the warblers. No matter where you looked the trees and bushes were crawling with birds and I spent many hours tracking down the species present. Having had all my kit stolen in America two months later I no longer have the photos or notebooks so recollections are a little hazy. However I do know that it was possible to see over 30 species of warbler in a day in their stunning breeding plumage, and on one occasion nearby at Rondeau having a crippling male Prothonotary Warbler actually perched on my boot, far too close to photograph! </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Phassouri reed-beds Cyprus</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In July/August 1982 I spent a fantastic couple of moths birding in Cyprus. The hot summer months are not that well covered by visiting birders so there was plenty of scope for interesting records. One of my favourite sites was Phassouri reed-beds on the Akrotiri peninsula. From the very first visit it was obvious that there were birds there not usually recorded in Summer: these included Night Herons which were seen carrying food into the reeds, at least three Little Bitterns including a juvenile, up to six Baillon’s Crakes all but one were juveniles, Great Reed Warbler a pair feeding young, and Penduline Tits calling and seen frequently in the reeds. All were either breeding or strongly suspected of breeding and the records were sent to Messrs Flint and Stewart who were preparing the updated Birds of Cyprus. Thankfully most of the sightings just made it into the new book. How can I forget sitting in a very hot and cramped canvas hide photographing some of these birds, with a Baillon’s Crake scratching at the canvas at my feet and a singing Great Reed Warbler sitting inches above my head on top of the hide.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Silver Jubilee</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This long weekend falling in the first week of June 1977 proved an exciting few days for a couple of then low-listers. A route was planned for Andy and I in his trusty MGB which would offer us some new birds. Virginia Water for Mandarin Duck, Stodmarsh for Cetti’s and Savi’s Warblers and then up to the Brecks: Golden Pheasant, self-found male Montagu’s Harrier, Golden Orioles and Stone Curlew. Minsmere produced a fine adult Woodchat plus the usual wetland birds, Red-backed Shrike nearby and then the Ouse Washes to see an adult female Wilson’s Phalarope and a flyby Pratincole which only a handful of us saw. Unfortunately I had to return a couple of days before Andy and he went on to summer plumaged White-winged Black Tern and Honey Buzzards in North Norfolk. I think the following weekend I passed the 200 mark on my British list but as a weekend I do not think I have seen so many quality birds in such a relaxed atmosphere, good company and great weather.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Purple Heron Cornwall</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I was spending a few days on the Lizard with Andy in May 1988. Mid-afternoon following a moment for delirious premonition mixed with wishful thinking we announced we were off to Gunwalloe reedbed to see a Purple Heron which at that time was new to both of us. Gunwalloe has always been one of my favourite Cornish sites and we arrived to walk up the reedbed and had great flight views of a Hoopoe and loads of newly arrived summer visitors. I was amazed to see what was clearly and adult Purple Heron launch itself from the reedbed and fly up the valley before dropping down. What a fantastic view of such a great bird in a fabulous place, but such wishful thinking on subsequent occasions has not proved so fruitful…..</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cream-coloured Courser in Spain</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the August of 2001 on a family holiday to southern Spain, based at Zahora, near Cape Trafalgar in a part of Spain the Spanish went on holiday and with very few English (with the exception of the villain Kenneth Noye who was hiding there). An estuary nearby at Barbate was an attraction for the big flock of Stone Curlew but on one visit I was amazed to see two Cream-coloured Coursers, one of my favourite birds. The habitat was stony sand with small clumps of low scrub and was very reminiscent of the places I had seen them in North Africa. There were only a handful of Spanish records at that time but subsequently found out that a pair had bred elsewhere in southern Spain the same year.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS5y4355cmJjiHw4wSn5B8j3Lz87NZNGRM4zdPj0L8sThlj2DnTtYNvQTf-zFiCAL_ScnLhCw4EVrGKhOh99KOxqpBKyZCAQI-AegMe5csENsaOfAMhCSBQ37CjEV1LXHp-qCbbVlG1SAykqlnDEQf4mVyuIcr0Dn6UWxVh7UufEBWoOHLdZdqBkoxxw=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS5y4355cmJjiHw4wSn5B8j3Lz87NZNGRM4zdPj0L8sThlj2DnTtYNvQTf-zFiCAL_ScnLhCw4EVrGKhOh99KOxqpBKyZCAQI-AegMe5csENsaOfAMhCSBQ37CjEV1LXHp-qCbbVlG1SAykqlnDEQf4mVyuIcr0Dn6UWxVh7UufEBWoOHLdZdqBkoxxw=w640-h432" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cream-coloured Courser, a Moroccan one rather than Spanish...<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Oukeimeden</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Morocco is one of my favourite places and had two fortnight trips there and a couple of long weekends. On one of the weekend trips to Marrakech in March 2005, I had spent a day at Oued Massa and Oued Sous and then fought my way over the mountains and spent on of the coldest nights I can remember sleeping in the car at the Atlas mountain ski resort of Oukeimeden. Always a pleasure to visit but how can I ever forget waking up to see Crimson-winged Finch on my wing-mirror, hundreds of Rock Sparrows on most buildings and Alpine Choughs flying over. On driving down the mountain I at last caught up with the endemic Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker something I had missed on three previous visits. It was calling and I rang my mate Andy hoping he could hear it….</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div>I will try and add a few more photos as and when I find them again.</div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-34385634025255669432022-01-01T10:17:00.001+00:002022-01-01T10:17:47.515+00:002021 - a look back.<p style="text-align: justify;">What a year 2021 was, who would have thought that everyone would have been so affected by the impact of COVID across the world. With the recurrence of illness back in March I am just happy to have made 2022! To keep me going I look forward to having the opportunity to be able enjoy some summer sun and associated wildlife, keep setting goals, and achieving them. Having spent 45 years amassing a decent library of Natural History books, many for identification of numerous different family groups, it was with the sole intention of spending my retirement actually putting them to good use. Too much focus on birds in the early years, moths in more recent years, at the expense of so many other species; a few notable finds of these other species included only the second British record of a harvestman <i>Opilio canestrinii</i>, and <i>Himerta sepulchralis</i> a new parasitic wasp for Yorkshire and rare nationally. So much more to see!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My initial recollection of 2021 was that it was a poor year, a very slow start due to the poor Spring weather, then very limited opportunity for trapping out at my usual local sites during the Summer and Autumn. I was surprised to find that it was actually my fourth best year in Yorkshire with 379 species of moths, 19 of which were new for me in Yorkshire. With a great family week away in Cornwall in August, fairly modest catches in a private garden in Gorran Haven contributed to my National total for the year which included 16 Lifer moths. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The year is well documented on the blog so not wishing to duplicate I will just choose one highlight. Of the new ones this year perhaps the most rewarding was a tortrix moth trapped at Brafferton, which I am sure I have trapped before but mis-identified, and on now being aware of its occurrence in the County I despatched it to Charlie the CMR who had dissected the only other three previous records. It came back confirmed as <i>Pammene ignorata,</i> new for VC62. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU5Z-t_7cQKsaYfLwaOg5WcyYNvLttNU9AKaP-ftfvwjdykYu7kxiR-sBcB9_ysDtq8wTozk4Yhwi5SjDAJXKR-ebdIJPvtWpOANKIfe6uUZ6bK4yYiODQzONCIRPJVgPhoGB9yZ5TBYnBdz5W5wDw2GDtg6d-XnESAio8xto_hOTcwOkvuFyMSJAKiA=s2994" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1901" data-original-width="2994" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU5Z-t_7cQKsaYfLwaOg5WcyYNvLttNU9AKaP-ftfvwjdykYu7kxiR-sBcB9_ysDtq8wTozk4Yhwi5SjDAJXKR-ebdIJPvtWpOANKIfe6uUZ6bK4yYiODQzONCIRPJVgPhoGB9yZ5TBYnBdz5W5wDw2GDtg6d-XnESAio8xto_hOTcwOkvuFyMSJAKiA=w640-h406" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pammene ignorata</i>, 16 Jun 2021, Brafferton, VC62,</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">I expect to have the time to reminisce on the numerous highlights I have enjoyed over the years and will try and document them here.</p>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-64059490712843093682021-10-24T17:52:00.000+01:002021-10-24T17:52:45.598+01:00Several new ones<p style="text-align: justify;">Back to reality after the great week away in Cornwall, with limited trapping at my work premises in Roecliffe, Boroughbridge, and several forays out looking at leaves for leaf-mines. Although an industrial site, the works premises backs on to a small willow fringed pond, with open fields next to the River Ure, which tantalizingly marks the VC64/65 border.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA86-Tkj_ou1ftQKc8lkNvc23fB93FTN_cqajpIzr5zKnz79OM0oSpOVr3JpsTk07Rr6mCuvG6Hu-GJ7_dOAaGiq9GOCnBIim8p2Lxmr63vpb7q88PtLqCce2_-3ojEjAFcSaby0ie9C3u/s2016/Alexanders+site.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA86-Tkj_ou1ftQKc8lkNvc23fB93FTN_cqajpIzr5zKnz79OM0oSpOVr3JpsTk07Rr6mCuvG6Hu-GJ7_dOAaGiq9GOCnBIim8p2Lxmr63vpb7q88PtLqCce2_-3ojEjAFcSaby0ie9C3u/w480-h640/Alexanders+site.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trapping site at work</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nine nights trapping at work in September produced small numbers of moths, 368 of 52 species, and three nights so far in October offered 67 of 29 species, but included several of interest of which two macros were new to me.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FZs-yIaPcZUJ5sHZHkREPWkVLgPho0QQjpypWmQEaRnw0H8U6c2E-iBweD1w05TlY7w79aARu_fTy0T_-Dl-Mu-74PqBLN5Z2FCLn91kwdFKk5urEabrcf1aVyIQ6FFMZbwBNLJ7RKAm/s2048/Juniper+carpet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1549" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FZs-yIaPcZUJ5sHZHkREPWkVLgPho0QQjpypWmQEaRnw0H8U6c2E-iBweD1w05TlY7w79aARu_fTy0T_-Dl-Mu-74PqBLN5Z2FCLn91kwdFKk5urEabrcf1aVyIQ6FFMZbwBNLJ7RKAm/w485-h640/Juniper+carpet.jpg" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juniper Carpet, Roecliffe, VC64, 18 Oct 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5Dd4Jw7I_m9z4OmgZxOTHwQZLFjTx7ZZv2E6qE7n82fjKESZEN4l3R4nMkMdHn0GJb1aZWUlcXZCDuR4TYLKOLnSbcmJr82csop6kGvu0wocDjP3cUXexXeQ-MT33dlvE4IXdj8484lo/s2048/P1010920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5Dd4Jw7I_m9z4OmgZxOTHwQZLFjTx7ZZv2E6qE7n82fjKESZEN4l3R4nMkMdHn0GJb1aZWUlcXZCDuR4TYLKOLnSbcmJr82csop6kGvu0wocDjP3cUXexXeQ-MT33dlvE4IXdj8484lo/w640-h502/P1010920.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sprawler, Roecliffe, VC64, 8 Oct 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I had wondered whether I had overlooked Juniper Carpet in the past but on seeing this one I was immediately struck by the distinct apical dashes. I addition there were fairly late records of Blood-vein on 5 October and Light Emerald on 7 October. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After a few days stuck in hospital in early October I just had to get out and walk locally in the pleasant Saturday sun on 16 October. Probably the best find was two London Plane trees between Langthorpe and Kirby Hill (VC65) which held numerous mines of <i>Phyllonorycter platani.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_GpI2ZRfizdAlPKWmt8FHUyCrDigRrJPIEh0znp5rL1erzX0AKwpmiZH7BHg0lhEINh4P8eWxUurzQxzgwOPfi6r3MGfqO60b4waAVC8gIhVk-nhLd9dbLm-DiIxL8mzwQa01gcqjqlp/s4896/P1010963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_GpI2ZRfizdAlPKWmt8FHUyCrDigRrJPIEh0znp5rL1erzX0AKwpmiZH7BHg0lhEINh4P8eWxUurzQxzgwOPfi6r3MGfqO60b4waAVC8gIhVk-nhLd9dbLm-DiIxL8mzwQa01gcqjqlp/w640-h480/P1010963.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phyllonorycter platani</i> mine on London Plane, Langthorpe, VC 65, 16 October</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7wn5EaE8E48m3xqM0CAytZKyQVVebUuz5ephI93rsLA0qG7HyfzGBpH4zAecY4aE09apnIPqAkeRMCte8Im1Z5OZW0CRweS8Wao1v8nWRi8rjWm29Iq5TlHZDr79NZu41D5PR85dp0rg/s2048/P1010973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7wn5EaE8E48m3xqM0CAytZKyQVVebUuz5ephI93rsLA0qG7HyfzGBpH4zAecY4aE09apnIPqAkeRMCte8Im1Z5OZW0CRweS8Wao1v8nWRi8rjWm29Iq5TlHZDr79NZu41D5PR85dp0rg/w640-h480/P1010973.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phyllonorycter platani</i> mine on London Plane, Langthorpe, VC 65, 16 October</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC-_cqCuVVTRTqgtdxX-f6dcFbPkDJx2XFjo_ydOw88db7QtMI30jjkWo5NJOnsiM5meI9e-StRUVhA4TC3kkT_c8gudB4JgnSlAqgrukCnXoWdHcRyPHFoT2jkqsuNm1CAUjqcO5tT8U/s2048/P1010974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC-_cqCuVVTRTqgtdxX-f6dcFbPkDJx2XFjo_ydOw88db7QtMI30jjkWo5NJOnsiM5meI9e-StRUVhA4TC3kkT_c8gudB4JgnSlAqgrukCnXoWdHcRyPHFoT2jkqsuNm1CAUjqcO5tT8U/w640-h480/P1010974.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same as above, underside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />A casual stroll round the Yorkshire Arboretum on 23 October yielded a few leaf-mines. The best was a few mines on Sweet Chestnut which were proper mines rather than the numerous <i>Phyllonorycter messaniella</i> blotches, and could only be <i>Stigmella samiatella</i>, a new one for me. Common on oak where it needs to be bred through to confirm, it is thought to be the only <i>Stigmella</i> on <i>Castanea</i>. The only other mines of interest were some more <i>Phyllonrycter platani</i> this time on Oriental Plane.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZDp9s3D4PEWt58iapvpkk81fAHecqb2TWMMQbiwDnDy5OXDQsKn1E5FEvDAI3GygXqgxMtwhQ6JmymKSZObcsiDSNKXWDm_wgE-8016C9zQbCpfGfVseNWzP2oxV9Oa5f4xAMTT_ZRKK/s4896/P1020012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZDp9s3D4PEWt58iapvpkk81fAHecqb2TWMMQbiwDnDy5OXDQsKn1E5FEvDAI3GygXqgxMtwhQ6JmymKSZObcsiDSNKXWDm_wgE-8016C9zQbCpfGfVseNWzP2oxV9Oa5f4xAMTT_ZRKK/w640-h480/P1020012.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stigmella samiatella</i> mine on Sweet Chestnut</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PSfZsL7HFHGNMpq6Yxjhu-9YyGOySSDrVBgaRnwPgkyeFe0q4nO9caMqZL4FlEW2AFGSLk185OiKAyMCZvRlElIyVi1aZbYobkB6clbQRK1nRI8U4KoxFo7zE86r-6eIkoDFe39tdo2-/s4896/P1020013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PSfZsL7HFHGNMpq6Yxjhu-9YyGOySSDrVBgaRnwPgkyeFe0q4nO9caMqZL4FlEW2AFGSLk185OiKAyMCZvRlElIyVi1aZbYobkB6clbQRK1nRI8U4KoxFo7zE86r-6eIkoDFe39tdo2-/w640-h480/P1020013.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stigmella samiatella</i> mines on Sweet Chestnut</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5eiGFi2n5DbxNLb0qVGXwzZlDHJtfV50qIsH3xKVemOmxdFlVcLdz40Q7IqMSIMg1P-EP1mCgs0o2PiFsx11Psiq3KrqdQmu34lve89pVH8x8xrGj4sDsIifTKEbmDq0bKOtyg5b_eGJ/s4896/P1020003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5eiGFi2n5DbxNLb0qVGXwzZlDHJtfV50qIsH3xKVemOmxdFlVcLdz40Q7IqMSIMg1P-EP1mCgs0o2PiFsx11Psiq3KrqdQmu34lve89pVH8x8xrGj4sDsIifTKEbmDq0bKOtyg5b_eGJ/w640-h480/P1020003.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phyllonorycter platani</i> mines on Oriental Plane.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5eiGFi2n5DbxNLb0qVGXwzZlDHJtfV50qIsH3xKVemOmxdFlVcLdz40Q7IqMSIMg1P-EP1mCgs0o2PiFsx11Psiq3KrqdQmu34lve89pVH8x8xrGj4sDsIifTKEbmDq0bKOtyg5b_eGJ/s4896/P1020003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUNpHyYyzrtX3beNeL9yAXKHegdvTFFKYPYVvHN_pZL7UiE8q-CSB-v3VFrTp-WdFd0I-IBR619sv569PGH1VbZn2UDlWE1jt9hjwGvC8sHVEupQ2O0NSHnqBVwYODym1fcK6VtLernax/s4896/P1020004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUNpHyYyzrtX3beNeL9yAXKHegdvTFFKYPYVvHN_pZL7UiE8q-CSB-v3VFrTp-WdFd0I-IBR619sv569PGH1VbZn2UDlWE1jt9hjwGvC8sHVEupQ2O0NSHnqBVwYODym1fcK6VtLernax/w640-h480/P1020004.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Phyllonorycter platani</i> mines on Oriental Plane.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On checking the 30+ Sweet Chestnut at Allerton Park south of Boroughbridge VC64 there were probably several thousand <i>Phyllonorycter messaniella</i> blotches, but despite careful searching not one <i>S. samiatella</i> mine could be found.<br /><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-58869936149813692902021-09-02T11:17:00.001+01:002021-09-02T11:27:16.361+01:00A week in Cornwall<p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to the generosity of my Brother-in-Law Kev and his partner Liz who arranged a week 21st - 29th August in a beachside cottage in Gorran Haven, Cornwall (VC2), I seized the opportunity to trap in Liz's nearby garden each night. The weather was fabulous during the day with mainly wall-to-wall sunshine, the clear skies and large moon affected the catches overnight; the one cloudy night on 26th August gave the best results with 154 moths of 52 species.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZR0iBrnUhp8G-2ILMasDkpmER3-QctUxJnl19iigJm-4L9ePMKWJP94etteYKc3m_Rc4A-PYLnnSNEviVxtp1a0ra-GGIyEh0lKUNe6995d68QHOPIZ8ZJ76Jk3e7KEG9buJzVlCavU0/s814/GH+map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="814" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZR0iBrnUhp8G-2ILMasDkpmER3-QctUxJnl19iigJm-4L9ePMKWJP94etteYKc3m_Rc4A-PYLnnSNEviVxtp1a0ra-GGIyEh0lKUNe6995d68QHOPIZ8ZJ76Jk3e7KEG9buJzVlCavU0/w640-h418/GH+map.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaN38LBqDqus9ebz8_dHtX0vBBSB8kMQW73PMpG_DCkqDcxS1JQZWuBJiN2ev-ZVefNt0OMgBz8SfvlHMQENPImpGvShHHRi4XD1-8X2WFUlSb5nnHjWGhmmGqkSutj58h6oAAPQ09hJbg/s1920/Rinsey+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaN38LBqDqus9ebz8_dHtX0vBBSB8kMQW73PMpG_DCkqDcxS1JQZWuBJiN2ev-ZVefNt0OMgBz8SfvlHMQENPImpGvShHHRi4XD1-8X2WFUlSb5nnHjWGhmmGqkSutj58h6oAAPQ09hJbg/w640-h360/Rinsey+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FvMLwrZ9hxuKVWUyx8wQXh3ye6PCp6U8mV5e7JTqrUgG1ltfj516zs51OgrjfLNgvzKitDETCwXp_P7dUJmp9nO-fQ4tjtRnzZ9sv7Lxh7JChvqz0eBQll2KiJm0u3dQr-Xq3o3mvfM3/s1280/Rinsey+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FvMLwrZ9hxuKVWUyx8wQXh3ye6PCp6U8mV5e7JTqrUgG1ltfj516zs51OgrjfLNgvzKitDETCwXp_P7dUJmp9nO-fQ4tjtRnzZ9sv7Lxh7JChvqz0eBQll2KiJm0u3dQr-Xq3o3mvfM3/w640-h360/Rinsey+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTo_BnCX9o3lkd4WHPfxAfDPRBR8JIfjWZIR7AxVUuFVFDIgpSaU4zD1wMoLSG4n9YATw0omw9f0iY-78zzBygDcGzHl_uers4O-GBVjb1cFjELmKCT0RrBiwcSgR1Uy6jJluWEV2KKDEO/s1280/Rinsey+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTo_BnCX9o3lkd4WHPfxAfDPRBR8JIfjWZIR7AxVUuFVFDIgpSaU4zD1wMoLSG4n9YATw0omw9f0iY-78zzBygDcGzHl_uers4O-GBVjb1cFjELmKCT0RrBiwcSgR1Uy6jJluWEV2KKDEO/w640-h360/Rinsey+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItRrbzadQkqtB0-m5UWF0FAxnO4f4-t5TvwHwaDKvUNWgNS29muIul3WZGXv48OLRILnqMc3yzdQ3DuE7YdpQNHf9oULCangwzGpLPdnogK41T-q6dkODtVTwMurUrBxxBxaCrwKwlKOf/s1920/Rinsey+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItRrbzadQkqtB0-m5UWF0FAxnO4f4-t5TvwHwaDKvUNWgNS29muIul3WZGXv48OLRILnqMc3yzdQ3DuE7YdpQNHf9oULCangwzGpLPdnogK41T-q6dkODtVTwMurUrBxxBxaCrwKwlKOf/w640-h360/Rinsey+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wSjtIA4BdSxXRbvWTZQ7RLAKX3Z5XLKPSTUUjCcsPQLuMKpT2_RQ6vXInSuQ_aJmramewBSB3YMJJdR7VK-sgEkGqwtvUpE3D_MIbUoExzZSlg36J3n5_pzlRwy811rlJwOPVJJoKyr9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="137" data-original-width="281" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wSjtIA4BdSxXRbvWTZQ7RLAKX3Z5XLKPSTUUjCcsPQLuMKpT2_RQ6vXInSuQ_aJmramewBSB3YMJJdR7VK-sgEkGqwtvUpE3D_MIbUoExzZSlg36J3n5_pzlRwy811rlJwOPVJJoKyr9/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The catches were fairly modest but did provide me with three new species and a selection of southern species which I haven't seen since leaving Dorset in 2006. The new species were Azalea Leaf Miner <i>Caloptilia azaleella</i>, <i>Lobesia littoralis</i> and a Jersey Mocha <i>Cyclophora ruficiliaria</i>, while those that I had seen before when living down south were Sharp-angled Peacock, Black Arches and L-album Wainscot. The last three have just about made it as far as Yorkshire but I have yet to see them here.</div></div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGRMp2cYj02GlPB3xnBTybyD0MfsRZk2FkUtEr1k40qxf2aI4pETEamVvhWBb7EhpEUdse_cxd-ZhK4DMyfw9kB4rwsY_LVgXXBLZxoxcoQnw-vyHPEXGespJL3KcaIy2QNY5hS9xM_Fe/s2048/15.007+Azalea+Leaf+Miner%252C+Caloptilia+azaleella%252C+23+Aug+21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGRMp2cYj02GlPB3xnBTybyD0MfsRZk2FkUtEr1k40qxf2aI4pETEamVvhWBb7EhpEUdse_cxd-ZhK4DMyfw9kB4rwsY_LVgXXBLZxoxcoQnw-vyHPEXGespJL3KcaIy2QNY5hS9xM_Fe/w640-h492/15.007+Azalea+Leaf+Miner%252C+Caloptilia+azaleella%252C+23+Aug+21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15.007 Azalea Leaf Miner, <i>Caloptilia azaleella</i>, 23 Aug 21</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD4SjHQLy4Iukm4T89JM3rYsLZetJOBpOrZo9uPdPhh3Z1UzXTzSQ3Fn8718OTGi4jQcPBAs8-LTI-7VkfVdBJ4boEqA7Q7klT4OG05bOfNnWLVoErGBvQOvunN95BshFjq0WejZandHy/s2048/49.185+Lobesia+littoralis%252C+23+Aug+21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD4SjHQLy4Iukm4T89JM3rYsLZetJOBpOrZo9uPdPhh3Z1UzXTzSQ3Fn8718OTGi4jQcPBAs8-LTI-7VkfVdBJ4boEqA7Q7klT4OG05bOfNnWLVoErGBvQOvunN95BshFjq0WejZandHy/w640-h488/49.185+Lobesia+littoralis%252C+23+Aug+21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">49.185 <i>Lobesia littoralis</i>, 23 Aug 21</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJfkGdXjhySv9wLtVokWx9easU0vdot73CnSMebdGvowdpmZUqFOrVh_Oeyu41dNL2oWoYw7hT8xrrGG56J2A9Tdlgps3amGQFM7D2BIOZQttFXOWZPXmQ3o_w3ZJhp5yI4SRj5zpA7xB/s2048/70.034+Jersey+Mocha+Cyclophora+ruficiliaria%252C+25+Aug+21.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJfkGdXjhySv9wLtVokWx9easU0vdot73CnSMebdGvowdpmZUqFOrVh_Oeyu41dNL2oWoYw7hT8xrrGG56J2A9Tdlgps3amGQFM7D2BIOZQttFXOWZPXmQ3o_w3ZJhp5yI4SRj5zpA7xB/w640-h480/70.034+Jersey+Mocha+Cyclophora+ruficiliaria%252C+25+Aug+21.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">70.034 Jersey Mocha <i>Cyclophora ruficiliaria</i>, 25 Aug 21</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou49_h4NPiKbDTp540kZoHc7z02Yy8sd7mNigH78NqcdvHHt5un8xBWFjS3Cw5Bj62kbK5fX4flhnICdZ7Fd5BHniJ1jIY_91Eui7_1m00A3cSYd5aB9HPhz44cxG-xcC2F8Rh-d0U4dr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou49_h4NPiKbDTp540kZoHc7z02Yy8sd7mNigH78NqcdvHHt5un8xBWFjS3Cw5Bj62kbK5fX4flhnICdZ7Fd5BHniJ1jIY_91Eui7_1m00A3cSYd5aB9HPhz44cxG-xcC2F8Rh-d0U4dr/s16000/image.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdM9D55B4J1VQYIUSCHvv_kps4UKJtQhbKtw2lt_r-aV1xBI9vKqaIQUJKnhAkweammD5OsKimcjLcP_IQleeFCnmc1ibkVVLGhS6KhtidouEM3Q2T5WZy05fCijhCsgyee75F_5SRB5G/w640-h360/GH.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorran Haven beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Fantastic scenery, beautiful weather, great company, very tasty food, some good moths, all in all a great week!</div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-39409337095078913152021-08-01T19:07:00.006+01:002021-08-01T19:08:50.152+01:00Another unwelcome addition to the garden list, Langthorpe VC65<p style="text-align: justify;">On the night of 25 July I ran the Robinson trap on my parking spot adjacent to the house. One of the first moths seen was on the underside of the trap collar, a Box-tree Moth. As good as it is to get a new species, this adventive is not a popular addition to the UK list, and perhaps significant that my small garden is dominated by two large Box bushes, about the only plant that thrives there! A first for VC65.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNS1oRyN14trzQPDqbAbRl6CnS2cKGL5fXC5hFJojb1PGkmiQsSWWRKqlwXjMUJaXbTZZqT6pcrrIviRDwDDXJvjW7sTaGkUsQ7RlrLZzJ7vfD3ScR7KariwiNV8FlnM7CO5TzorYrm5Fw/s2048/63.054+Box-tree+Moth+%2528Cydalima+perspectalis%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNS1oRyN14trzQPDqbAbRl6CnS2cKGL5fXC5hFJojb1PGkmiQsSWWRKqlwXjMUJaXbTZZqT6pcrrIviRDwDDXJvjW7sTaGkUsQ7RlrLZzJ7vfD3ScR7KariwiNV8FlnM7CO5TzorYrm5Fw/w640-h480/63.054+Box-tree+Moth+%2528Cydalima+perspectalis%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">63.054 Box-tree Moth (<i>Cydalima perspectalis</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In addition there were several moths new for the garden, and a selection of the more colourful ones are included:<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0qSbZ1lFJhSJnIAZFa16ldAZRdPzlWGy6Nqe61USsowIDYbepoggWld4GFYUs272uifT5Daz_TE5NIBWh9tJDWLecgP0SYsvc2m99UY3q1Vbi3DQ7XLt5grJfvU8rDzvQRyQ-qatR_7n/s2048/49.338+Codling+Moth+%2528Cydia+pomonella%2529+closer.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0qSbZ1lFJhSJnIAZFa16ldAZRdPzlWGy6Nqe61USsowIDYbepoggWld4GFYUs272uifT5Daz_TE5NIBWh9tJDWLecgP0SYsvc2m99UY3q1Vbi3DQ7XLt5grJfvU8rDzvQRyQ-qatR_7n/w640-h480/49.338+Codling+Moth+%2528Cydia+pomonella%2529+closer.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">49.338 Codling Moth (<i>Cydia pomonella</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NAXxxxCNpnlew6FU0G0YbePFRMndu6VH17iLgVgilxli6LB8QU8oWll_79U54l5wDfdcMf-kjSOBEkUgiARoBw1UgfocQ-Fm-1LLOBp-2egEtbBFTphBA3BeKkMZ6h8CeNdkd0f3dES_/s2048/62.035+%2528Acrobasis+advenella%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NAXxxxCNpnlew6FU0G0YbePFRMndu6VH17iLgVgilxli6LB8QU8oWll_79U54l5wDfdcMf-kjSOBEkUgiARoBw1UgfocQ-Fm-1LLOBp-2egEtbBFTphBA3BeKkMZ6h8CeNdkd0f3dES_/w640-h480/62.035+%2528Acrobasis+advenella%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">62.035 (<i>Acrobasis advenella</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatBpryzumlhbnyOnIjlSqm5lYGpd2p-GWKUsT6bFgx_iUzTH-CpX9XRYVdNOF-RQVQ3NUWt8if5xZq2qxlarNmzDG4J6CmE7BWpK-8stW_RF9VWXnwFY56huX7ofCPDulqLlVpvaXK3A9/s2048/73.084+Marbled+Beauty+%2528Bryophila+domestica%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatBpryzumlhbnyOnIjlSqm5lYGpd2p-GWKUsT6bFgx_iUzTH-CpX9XRYVdNOF-RQVQ3NUWt8if5xZq2qxlarNmzDG4J6CmE7BWpK-8stW_RF9VWXnwFY56huX7ofCPDulqLlVpvaXK3A9/w640-h480/73.084+Marbled+Beauty+%2528Bryophila+domestica%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.084 Marbled Beauty (<i>Bryophila domestica</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><p><br /></p></div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-73025246195812900802021-07-31T15:22:00.000+01:002021-07-31T15:22:26.650+01:00July records at work, Roecliffe, VC64<p style="text-align: justify;">I have worked at the Alexanders site in Roecliffe VC64 near Boroughbridge since 2013, and regularly recorded moths attracted to the security lights, and more recently operated a 125w MV Robinson trap on waste ground adjacent to a small pond at the rear of the premises.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34Bmp93ycQMSS-4tPTQvpINt7NOKILis2wpxMaQa9nFdey4vUHhyC3OPsbdUcxx6K0KR-J5kqW6bulIkGdNGvl1opYzblauyZOrO-nQI9GYQeyoMrqGl4YmmzkCgDRjbGYbNvBSL6Lh5X/s2016/Alexanders+pond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34Bmp93ycQMSS-4tPTQvpINt7NOKILis2wpxMaQa9nFdey4vUHhyC3OPsbdUcxx6K0KR-J5kqW6bulIkGdNGvl1opYzblauyZOrO-nQI9GYQeyoMrqGl4YmmzkCgDRjbGYbNvBSL6Lh5X/w480-h640/Alexanders+pond.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">I operated the trap on six nights in July, on the 1st, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd and 26th, at slightly different locations when on subsequent nights. Fairly modest totals each night but managed a total of 807 moths of 143 species. Many of these are new for site, and there were a fair number of significant records. The most numerous were <i>Chrysoteuchia culmella</i> (Garden Grass-veneer), Bird-cherry Ermine and Common Footman. Working through the list the moths of interest with comments, as follows:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of this family are difficult to identify to specific level but this is noticeably dark with a distinct spur shaped white mark on the forewing. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYF6eagdWLZcc0nEqdnBXHfNaRB1DOhikv_5YzxK9L98Y9TONv4i_8EZ_TURFobb-g4Iin5f7LkQ1NXFLW_WDJdBOO2M662VNXH6mQNVgflJxn5w6W1lPIkvGQ5T7ockLpBQZAsQa8wK4o/s2048/15.010+Caloptilia+stigmatella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYF6eagdWLZcc0nEqdnBXHfNaRB1DOhikv_5YzxK9L98Y9TONv4i_8EZ_TURFobb-g4Iin5f7LkQ1NXFLW_WDJdBOO2M662VNXH6mQNVgflJxn5w6W1lPIkvGQ5T7ockLpBQZAsQa8wK4o/w640-h472/15.010+Caloptilia+stigmatella.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">15.010 <i>Caloptilia stigmatella</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>This tiny moth was very mobile and difficult to photograph, three were seen in total. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZ_XgiPrLhtN-8VvFNsREkUVzNnewrdDTB8vVg6tFHkJd9hZjnSbJ3tCugXANvuenyN8Xho3u1N52tLND4YuzMa6-bKFV_4F7QSV4kVqoaOjf9jEtREpCz7xKJKt8U98yLjWBc8wWxJux/s2048/28.015+Batia+lunaris.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZ_XgiPrLhtN-8VvFNsREkUVzNnewrdDTB8vVg6tFHkJd9hZjnSbJ3tCugXANvuenyN8Xho3u1N52tLND4YuzMa6-bKFV_4F7QSV4kVqoaOjf9jEtREpCz7xKJKt8U98yLjWBc8wWxJux/w640-h472/28.015+Batia+lunaris.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">28.015 <i>Batia lunaris</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Another tiny moth, a damp grassland species, larval plant Canary Reed-grass and one I have seen at Staveley and the Brafferton woodland area.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GVyxOYsgCjBgjeFRFHqZFvTV_uqTqeNdKhW2EmcBi-TZ0SeYlF7g_s-bP9EbkowrzY0w48OHGIKG87BxSjU5OyO3qE7pvSNXQJ_TG9Zb3fSY_xI3yXHtYBkBQTVGWRIv04qgXXCeis9P/s2048/38.039+%2528Elachista+maculicerusella%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2048" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GVyxOYsgCjBgjeFRFHqZFvTV_uqTqeNdKhW2EmcBi-TZ0SeYlF7g_s-bP9EbkowrzY0w48OHGIKG87BxSjU5OyO3qE7pvSNXQJ_TG9Zb3fSY_xI3yXHtYBkBQTVGWRIv04qgXXCeis9P/w640-h458/38.039+%2528Elachista+maculicerusella%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">38.039 <i>Elachista maculicerusella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />One of the Mompha species, this quite a distinct one, the larval plant is Willowherb spp, of which the site has many plants.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeALhPqYkO85fcrTXNUdWvbaxWI3mgTh8imqvCDj2yn510saFP6TaM9ieBg8IMbzH1ErV5fB1Z-ECDhu9l678z4VYycUXedQX8N1B1ygmB8yL2xKDasmzrCFGv3neM8egTBdhwDJF-I2Ws/s4896/P1010464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeALhPqYkO85fcrTXNUdWvbaxWI3mgTh8imqvCDj2yn510saFP6TaM9ieBg8IMbzH1ErV5fB1Z-ECDhu9l678z4VYycUXedQX8N1B1ygmB8yL2xKDasmzrCFGv3neM8egTBdhwDJF-I2Ws/w640-h480/P1010464.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">40.004 <i>Mompha propinquella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">This next moth provoked some interest in that I knew which page to look on for the family, the photos were taken in poor early evening light boosted by LEDs giving an orange cast to the image. Typically after photographing it the moth made a dash for freedom so was just left with the images to try and put a name to it. It should have been easy but the unusual colour made it less straightforward; initially <i>Cochylis flaviciliana</i> was considered but after input from Charlie and Harry <i>C.roseana</i> was thought to be more likely. Teasel, the larval foodplant is fairly common close by. Still a reasonable record and a new species for me. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zzaa-Nf6o8VpY-fhxYb2dlQ7ne2GoKmJsGK13PDvyEYW7NvABOy6__pxbpJpDnbHYAIswg7qitCO0V8-8jkGK0_o8L-TCEnN7bZyN9iXlwMlUh0Atj8eUTTTUwQJHh-UacT9McyXcFsI/s4896/P1010478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zzaa-Nf6o8VpY-fhxYb2dlQ7ne2GoKmJsGK13PDvyEYW7NvABOy6__pxbpJpDnbHYAIswg7qitCO0V8-8jkGK0_o8L-TCEnN7bZyN9iXlwMlUh0Atj8eUTTTUwQJHh-UacT9McyXcFsI/w640-h480/P1010478.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">49.134 <i>Cochylis roseana</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />A very distinctive tortrix moth presenting little difficulty in putting a name to it, and only my second.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXdkB1ghSKNW8UGP7NqD5QiTdRTQyUCx3OiL2Qz9e8n5G0ZNISgqYnTzeqwNolmuh4BviF2AcnHxs8IPKUV5U-bl11NWOoQzFMioNwHdIpi-SaY-KJk8rT6u6RVPv4c9HbIfu_RCa4P0V/s2048/Epiblema+foenella+lateral.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXdkB1ghSKNW8UGP7NqD5QiTdRTQyUCx3OiL2Qz9e8n5G0ZNISgqYnTzeqwNolmuh4BviF2AcnHxs8IPKUV5U-bl11NWOoQzFMioNwHdIpi-SaY-KJk8rT6u6RVPv4c9HbIfu_RCa4P0V/w640-h480/Epiblema+foenella+lateral.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">49.288 <i>Epiblema foenella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A Gold Spangle which is a great looking moth, has an interesting distribution in that with global warming this species is retreating to higher ground at least in Yorkshire, but this shows the odd ones are still hanging on in lowland areas, as this is 16 metres asl.</div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURYOWhd9GaQxv68ODQzoPAeILtOPq3BzGm_ws6CbzpueRETxEh7f2WQ4EwskRod73am_5EONBDpkJ5qKaDIccH_tW-4rjCOZITd0QBBbos_TfjCShw1awjPorsGGFeXbee-JAXUTh8q5m/s4896/P1010449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgURYOWhd9GaQxv68ODQzoPAeILtOPq3BzGm_ws6CbzpueRETxEh7f2WQ4EwskRod73am_5EONBDpkJ5qKaDIccH_tW-4rjCOZITd0QBBbos_TfjCShw1awjPorsGGFeXbee-JAXUTh8q5m/w640-h480/P1010449.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.018 Gold Spangle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The next two photos are interesting in that it shows a classic Gold Spot in the first photo, followed by one showing characteristics of Lempke's Gold Spot. The best feature is the shape of the post median line where it meets the silver dash: in Gold Spot the line is very acutely angled pointing to the forward blotch, resulting in a pointed and long silver dash. In Lempke's it is more obtuse and pointing towards the rear blotch, resulting in a shorter, broader apical streak. However, at least in Yorkshire there appear to be some that should be confirmed by gen. det., with Lempke's paler, smaller and commoner on higher ground. Being very cautious I ran this past Charlie who agrees that this is as good a candidate as could be for Lempke's Gold Spot, hardly an intermediate!</div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeCARhRgnKNppy9iztXY1CHFUbah6EmCbkScDfQuoZOTAMxYn81IOkGjZMU8t2aa12YPbR2QhzNSiN7FIpxo5I99tpIHjybY9GYxVCOEmtnXW8s7JDQlqAULIDDJ7RZcHJgtJf8fxse31/s2048/73.022+Gold+Spot+%2528Plusia+festucae%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpeCARhRgnKNppy9iztXY1CHFUbah6EmCbkScDfQuoZOTAMxYn81IOkGjZMU8t2aa12YPbR2QhzNSiN7FIpxo5I99tpIHjybY9GYxVCOEmtnXW8s7JDQlqAULIDDJ7RZcHJgtJf8fxse31/w640-h492/73.022+Gold+Spot+%2528Plusia+festucae%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.022 Gold Spot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLxRX5DXPz-eX2LqRugBQi1HDs9MX2OuFaUV1jSvtqatebUREx1WpfY5TTaJdVRtS_MtWhotCHymZ5kz-WAqbK5GWTB21E-gHYGDp_hE1aoPejUkH_roXA21oupKXQDT3pAs8nCAqVpqf/s2048/Gold+Spot+or+Lempke%2527s.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLxRX5DXPz-eX2LqRugBQi1HDs9MX2OuFaUV1jSvtqatebUREx1WpfY5TTaJdVRtS_MtWhotCHymZ5kz-WAqbK5GWTB21E-gHYGDp_hE1aoPejUkH_roXA21oupKXQDT3pAs8nCAqVpqf/w640-h480/Gold+Spot+or+Lempke%2527s.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.023 Lempke's Gold Spot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It was good to see a Silky Wainscot here, a moth I have only recorded at the nearby reed-beds at Staveley.</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg006LVKchjemmppYr8v_5Y8q_vfL7DlGRG77fri1hodZ4JhO5hfBp1Zb9mMJlF5ZOrE3E6iffSonAYQePhSfs7LT-Zg_aSlKKmjYfwljVf-d7Mo2tpJYmKXCmvG7zR-HJzufJGGhN9hT7L/s2048/73.100+Silky+Wainscot+%2528Chilodes+maritima%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg006LVKchjemmppYr8v_5Y8q_vfL7DlGRG77fri1hodZ4JhO5hfBp1Zb9mMJlF5ZOrE3E6iffSonAYQePhSfs7LT-Zg_aSlKKmjYfwljVf-d7Mo2tpJYmKXCmvG7zR-HJzufJGGhN9hT7L/w640-h480/73.100+Silky+Wainscot+%2528Chilodes+maritima%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.100 Silky Wainscot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A moth that did not make it into the trap but was seen attracted to one of the security lights was a Scarce Silver-lines, a moth I have only seen once before in Yorkshire in 2012 when I had three at Pilmoor.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHgcNONCcZQvNziPpWkznRLypKbF4xM8uAl7P36pfO_37I9-oC833Qx8jjqvQrAg7tfAWKRsZJCoE9A5XeyM8zJ8UAtegS0LuIfJI_Ljx3NDZuQ95gAeIyHwfB1cSXySDLwQJm5JkKqft/s2048/Scarce+Silver+Lines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1655" data-original-width="2048" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHgcNONCcZQvNziPpWkznRLypKbF4xM8uAl7P36pfO_37I9-oC833Qx8jjqvQrAg7tfAWKRsZJCoE9A5XeyM8zJ8UAtegS0LuIfJI_Ljx3NDZuQ95gAeIyHwfB1cSXySDLwQJm5JkKqft/w640-h518/Scarce+Silver+Lines.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">74.007 Scarce Silver-lines</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-46661567317177347862021-07-12T08:39:00.001+01:002021-07-12T09:56:13.687+01:00An unwelcome first for VC65<p style="text-align: justify;">I have claimed <i>Tinea pellionella</i> caught in the house on three previous occasions but not taken photos or kept specimens. I caught this one during the evening of 29 June and eventually managed to get a photo without letting it escape, and this time dispatched the moth to Charlie Fletcher for gen. det. confirmation. As usual, Charlie got back to me without delay confirming that it was indeed what I suspected and was a first for VC65. The fact that the common name for this moth is Case-bearing Clothes Moth does make this a rather unwelcome addition to the house list.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_wSYchuPIhho0akTYpijIlt83Q9vcf_dPy8WQy5Pcmx1R2sssgv1p5bWRSrywPbFRAnIcDYpdWP8_utXXTjJIJAuPEj0rp_94SCuoV_m3qIW7rSRfYHSTP0T1-bp1nrtX0wK779VKwp8/s2048/12.027+Tinea+pellionella+conf.+gen.+det.+CHF.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_wSYchuPIhho0akTYpijIlt83Q9vcf_dPy8WQy5Pcmx1R2sssgv1p5bWRSrywPbFRAnIcDYpdWP8_utXXTjJIJAuPEj0rp_94SCuoV_m3qIW7rSRfYHSTP0T1-bp1nrtX0wK779VKwp8/w640-h486/12.027+Tinea+pellionella+conf.+gen.+det.+CHF.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">12.027 <i>Tinea pellionella</i> Case-bearing Clothes Moth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-84400725069947530442021-07-10T20:28:00.002+01:002021-07-10T20:28:30.058+01:00National Moth Night 2021<p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tG9QTGrWNYxSXvUoMnXNo25yRMzvnyA9e1frjgGVupXPLjChPsQEb0gn_j93_wBvWb9hnNc_7heoSmcFvtfmCIlOrbsnAS8-kCXg21F4frn_3zOXvkWihxwsGwzQj_iAvjII7JM94PgA/s2048/73.119++Crescent+%2528Helotropha+leucostigma%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="2048" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tG9QTGrWNYxSXvUoMnXNo25yRMzvnyA9e1frjgGVupXPLjChPsQEb0gn_j93_wBvWb9hnNc_7heoSmcFvtfmCIlOrbsnAS8-kCXg21F4frn_3zOXvkWihxwsGwzQj_iAvjII7JM94PgA/w640-h518/73.119++Crescent+%2528Helotropha+leucostigma%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.119 Crescent <i>Helotropha leucostigma</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpPjYiyIDJdjkCY6huxxxQj81cX2LNf0csYMCtrngMg7Gqx8Ea8Vt0zBmHKwpZ7w2o6MiSc1KnFl5CnUMjJdVhd61cjDzPVyJFbiFx9cSwhsnqUAe_DR7QSdSPFdL3U8nyMMiL_3Ap-El/s2048/73.294+Southern+Wainscot+Mythimna+straminea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpPjYiyIDJdjkCY6huxxxQj81cX2LNf0csYMCtrngMg7Gqx8Ea8Vt0zBmHKwpZ7w2o6MiSc1KnFl5CnUMjJdVhd61cjDzPVyJFbiFx9cSwhsnqUAe_DR7QSdSPFdL3U8nyMMiL_3Ap-El/w640-h502/73.294+Southern+Wainscot+Mythimna+straminea.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.294 Southern Wainscot <i>Mythimna straminea</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgmtxIvN5jH7iFrAtJlpURAmJlIIGk3vepfJvoJuYmJdzB8CFyW-tcMBARWjAvjxp1HVd8Sxx7H-Cn7RdupsY-0FyUSsb2ag_Zi6wXpkoR2Kr1CjhdgVv0t1bBHwsxW04NZThp7FCIfFB/s2048/73.302+Obscure+Wainscot+Leucania+obsoleta.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2048" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgmtxIvN5jH7iFrAtJlpURAmJlIIGk3vepfJvoJuYmJdzB8CFyW-tcMBARWjAvjxp1HVd8Sxx7H-Cn7RdupsY-0FyUSsb2ag_Zi6wXpkoR2Kr1CjhdgVv0t1bBHwsxW04NZThp7FCIfFB/w640-h472/73.302+Obscure+Wainscot+Leucania+obsoleta.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.302 Obscure Wainscot <i>Leucania obsoleta</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A good feature shown by Southern Wainscot is a browband clearly seen when viewed head-on.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHFaWxxwcUEXcmCdPx89sbnneI0xDBBkFJI128PLNngC3OrZ2n25f940lHktANtBgAnZrrTM6x0vNRjbO6zGpdy014yE599mxo_tXMzVrMbAsVRCseayo0cQvFYP_RScKlgSjpQ_senoM/s2048/73.294+Southern+Wainscot+Mythimna+straminea+head-on.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2048" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHFaWxxwcUEXcmCdPx89sbnneI0xDBBkFJI128PLNngC3OrZ2n25f940lHktANtBgAnZrrTM6x0vNRjbO6zGpdy014yE599mxo_tXMzVrMbAsVRCseayo0cQvFYP_RScKlgSjpQ_senoM/w640-h504/73.294+Southern+Wainscot+Mythimna+straminea+head-on.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Southern Wainscot, browband feature.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other species seen included the following, some colourful moths others rather plainer but still of interest. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhvAinlFi_mguOHd0pBRD8-oElv_nAareI8rfkI8gzldM3a2COOuF5biB3t6zhw-VXgffUZfRo5GXwDcoi8AoMtfVuybS7Oj-na8nPBNqqe1peKHjH34lX1xEv4iqq3jSUWztAj_W2Rrf/s2048/49.215+Ancylis+achatana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhvAinlFi_mguOHd0pBRD8-oElv_nAareI8rfkI8gzldM3a2COOuF5biB3t6zhw-VXgffUZfRo5GXwDcoi8AoMtfVuybS7Oj-na8nPBNqqe1peKHjH34lX1xEv4iqq3jSUWztAj_W2Rrf/w640-h486/49.215+Ancylis+achatana.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">49.215<i> Ancylis achatana</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle2-XUFmkxllVQdHfa0PKK5Ci5Fskx17Kz_MqtK34yDWZBO6gnJO4LTXV6n8WwXKbn-xY9cRlWec4cJVFIfbS6YdDTUY6tRyQQXTIYpfoCH9U-IXIr4HFU6AzawXWhp-HWtTKlI2Kq_FP/s2048/63.020+Anania+perlucidalis.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhle2-XUFmkxllVQdHfa0PKK5Ci5Fskx17Kz_MqtK34yDWZBO6gnJO4LTXV6n8WwXKbn-xY9cRlWec4cJVFIfbS6YdDTUY6tRyQQXTIYpfoCH9U-IXIr4HFU6AzawXWhp-HWtTKlI2Kq_FP/w640-h452/63.020+Anania+perlucidalis.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">63.020 <i>Anania perlucidalis</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRVSQo8CcD8p8iIgMF1X1_J5EDcKStGzmChxGGa2iZp49cMZIz3TGQxLs80Brr1gp_TMtyr-pg95PRKqxME5OX7xMIh5SAX2BJF5pex95o7m_clelOUq1RxHzlT58vN-eobdJGqUOsdyz/s2048/63.079+Calamotropha+paludella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRVSQo8CcD8p8iIgMF1X1_J5EDcKStGzmChxGGa2iZp49cMZIz3TGQxLs80Brr1gp_TMtyr-pg95PRKqxME5OX7xMIh5SAX2BJF5pex95o7m_clelOUq1RxHzlT58vN-eobdJGqUOsdyz/w640-h484/63.079+Calamotropha+paludella.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">63.079 <i>Calamotropha paludella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYpWwyZ4m9xnU7r-l4nzH7d3GyrvtKSwGyVz1KSGNgLgCQxailW8rvBRr81JsFzB-GwCHpZPYDuyoAzE_KTZ03gTqzRyN0xGBvOt5NhKHrvfUiZAtXIjXogpFPF-zbpHxoZpod8QO-xXt/s2048/63.080+Chrysoteuchia+culmella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYpWwyZ4m9xnU7r-l4nzH7d3GyrvtKSwGyVz1KSGNgLgCQxailW8rvBRr81JsFzB-GwCHpZPYDuyoAzE_KTZ03gTqzRyN0xGBvOt5NhKHrvfUiZAtXIjXogpFPF-zbpHxoZpod8QO-xXt/w640-h470/63.080+Chrysoteuchia+culmella.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">63.080 Garden Grass-veneer <i>Chrysoteuchia culmella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPFAo2i4Lx1gR9edWW60YvtJhg1-kZNeiKyaPwCP3Ry5KXxlegZEGlyveVkeCkTa0TxqYMySR_qkIrK6jScFMJwnJp9FsC8FnHs29CGr4k0rQ7qFlRr8J5q5iYhSAxcS_b-SQ4vQM6lKA/s2048/70.013+Small+Fan-footed+Wave+%2528Idaea+biselata%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1631" data-original-width="2048" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPFAo2i4Lx1gR9edWW60YvtJhg1-kZNeiKyaPwCP3Ry5KXxlegZEGlyveVkeCkTa0TxqYMySR_qkIrK6jScFMJwnJp9FsC8FnHs29CGr4k0rQ7qFlRr8J5q5iYhSAxcS_b-SQ4vQM6lKA/w640-h510/70.013+Small+Fan-footed+Wave+%2528Idaea+biselata%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">70.013 Small Fan-footed Wave <i>Idaea biselata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd51ggeq3-ajwYhX77Aqa4LLasrKo0X7jE6IDupocUYz3XXRQhl9ZCYuXJ1pITFH8g0nMzrJIzZ_Xp51b-2V268RQJnKxvV2SX_TbgaPur8xSzcI1n65ScbQNFQ0UgNfNuiip4F-QnvvXn/s2048/70.093+Barred+Straw+Gandaritis+pyraliata.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd51ggeq3-ajwYhX77Aqa4LLasrKo0X7jE6IDupocUYz3XXRQhl9ZCYuXJ1pITFH8g0nMzrJIzZ_Xp51b-2V268RQJnKxvV2SX_TbgaPur8xSzcI1n65ScbQNFQ0UgNfNuiip4F-QnvvXn/w640-h456/70.093+Barred+Straw+Gandaritis+pyraliata.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">70.093 Barred Straw <i>Gandaritis pyraliata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxvUISReYqKJH337Yp-2_TG3_Jt73Y1K7aC4QdyA0HPQNxAm8u2LeT1XM7u2BWJxNDFUkU2_oUdjegE18f6NpK7NAn5uro_GQqu-EV0zj0dUf2DhTWSFd7fCXGbdWemWBgcnWE2pMofNo/s2048/70.278+Common+Wave+%2528Cabera+exanthemata%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxvUISReYqKJH337Yp-2_TG3_Jt73Y1K7aC4QdyA0HPQNxAm8u2LeT1XM7u2BWJxNDFUkU2_oUdjegE18f6NpK7NAn5uro_GQqu-EV0zj0dUf2DhTWSFd7fCXGbdWemWBgcnWE2pMofNo/w640-h480/70.278+Common+Wave+%2528Cabera+exanthemata%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">70.278 Common Wave <i>Cabera exanthemata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-QEyZo2iUENiGRrz2XarSXPFTPRnraq_1ZVh5E1uZy203F4XxJ46Z4vuTRTD5krCy2HSkMKA4LMctOi4Nr58hl5DRPzhPFrTyUgWh-53BKb9_ZVZWMC_hZVa8sjwkf9In47853HrFaX4/s2048/73.101+Treble+Lines+%2528Charanyca+trigrammica%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-QEyZo2iUENiGRrz2XarSXPFTPRnraq_1ZVh5E1uZy203F4XxJ46Z4vuTRTD5krCy2HSkMKA4LMctOi4Nr58hl5DRPzhPFrTyUgWh-53BKb9_ZVZWMC_hZVa8sjwkf9In47853HrFaX4/w640-h480/73.101+Treble+Lines+%2528Charanyca+trigrammica%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">73.101 Treble Lines <i>Charanyca trigrammica</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-13128573985981456112021-06-27T16:56:00.003+01:002021-06-27T16:56:35.444+01:00Several new for the garden<p style="text-align: justify;">I have rarely done much trapping in the garden mainly due to it being small, overlooked, and suffers from streetlight pollution. Therefore on the odd occasion I do give in and set a trap, I often get a NFG, new for garden, but bearing in mind I am starting from a low baseline...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Last night I actually set the two traps IN the garden rather than in the sheltered parking spot, this due to the neighbours adjacent to the back fence have moved away and my daughter was also away. Not too bad with 55 moths of 24 species, and five species NFG.</p><p>49.180<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Piniphila bifasciana</i></p><p>49.254<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Epinotia bilunana</i></p><p>70.008<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Idaea seriata</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Small Dusty Wave</p><p>71.021<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Ptilodon capucina</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Coxcomb Prominent</p><p>73.333<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Diarsia mendica</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ingrailed Clay</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The two images below are <i>Piniphila bifasciana</i> which is a Scot Pine feeder and fairly scarce, the nearest Scots Pine are in the carpark of the nearest pub. I have seen one elsewhere in the County.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDjF0m5I7AmfA0-v1-i4ZN4RzEAwbzdVcFD2Y9wGFMuoik0zImpby3igN_VNXHeTcScDOHXOe0Q2-srE-ErH6cgBy8tKZAPslrtaXyF8UqjAwOg2Uud0MCQ3Sg6xPZbJPWhXF7Xoh-M9N/s2048/49.180+Piniphila+bifasciana+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDjF0m5I7AmfA0-v1-i4ZN4RzEAwbzdVcFD2Y9wGFMuoik0zImpby3igN_VNXHeTcScDOHXOe0Q2-srE-ErH6cgBy8tKZAPslrtaXyF8UqjAwOg2Uud0MCQ3Sg6xPZbJPWhXF7Xoh-M9N/w640-h460/49.180+Piniphila+bifasciana+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Piniphila bifasciana</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdARTh9T1l7J3ylV-rIeXB2vCWlxo9fs9ozGTW_B3tfGugKuj4jMtIdGmS8xoUJaC3gChK7mxtlzOwdiAfZvK8SsZnYZNAF12LqLw5PNlSDgt7VdaE304pEe1Se2Nwq62zfM1KkVcG9Nd/s2048/49.180+Piniphila+bifasciana+3+ed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdARTh9T1l7J3ylV-rIeXB2vCWlxo9fs9ozGTW_B3tfGugKuj4jMtIdGmS8xoUJaC3gChK7mxtlzOwdiAfZvK8SsZnYZNAF12LqLw5PNlSDgt7VdaE304pEe1Se2Nwq62zfM1KkVcG9Nd/w640-h492/49.180+Piniphila+bifasciana+3+ed.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Piniphila bifasciana<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table>The Small Dusty Wave was another NFG, and my first in VC65.<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfFSJ1GMqtyrfVzuYl7qcKbEBDWi51Nvuo-EFOFnsrT8f1xEv-zs1I5jj61kpjCv_XyCeVHO6LguFIEhW91Vl7N2cOiNB3WSUTKQF-7iCAPEWBjQZrW1HwPr32bBfgLeNnAJYtwg7W5BS/s2048/70.008++Small+Dusty+Wave+%2528Idaea+seriata%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="2048" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfFSJ1GMqtyrfVzuYl7qcKbEBDWi51Nvuo-EFOFnsrT8f1xEv-zs1I5jj61kpjCv_XyCeVHO6LguFIEhW91Vl7N2cOiNB3WSUTKQF-7iCAPEWBjQZrW1HwPr32bBfgLeNnAJYtwg7W5BS/w640-h461/70.008++Small+Dusty+Wave+%2528Idaea+seriata%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Dusty Wave</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another small moth I trapped was one I had seen before, but not a particularly common moth. I can't deny I do like micro-moths, even the 'brown' ones, and this is a cracking little moth: it is 35.056 <i>Metzneria lappella</i>.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIRVhPiVy60Aol2yhGxObvxLzaWVBuq819kOk6Ws49O6SF8mZgxjzZ_2neIQt9wp7UyjKisk9k2DXYbIbs3aLpnJ9ECLYmvr1kGl1-q6e-ddQIjiRrGWmX5iaYUPhyphenhyphenSScTmhocH6HUkCm/s2048/35.056+Metzneria+lappella+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2048" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIRVhPiVy60Aol2yhGxObvxLzaWVBuq819kOk6Ws49O6SF8mZgxjzZ_2neIQt9wp7UyjKisk9k2DXYbIbs3aLpnJ9ECLYmvr1kGl1-q6e-ddQIjiRrGWmX5iaYUPhyphenhyphenSScTmhocH6HUkCm/w640-h492/35.056+Metzneria+lappella+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Metzneria lappella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxupC-lNhFbjYLK6-jCCvqrbPslUIsv7F5_FXiu4f7GSAsTQlAPe_yPRuQjhgh0wYPPfwV6WcIoH9bwZs3gqX2p2rkmsTYA4FVmfR5o4QAK6zsq5ciGVwacn2v5G9OB8DtQvgJNReu_6g/s2048/35.056+Metzneria+lappella.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxupC-lNhFbjYLK6-jCCvqrbPslUIsv7F5_FXiu4f7GSAsTQlAPe_yPRuQjhgh0wYPPfwV6WcIoH9bwZs3gqX2p2rkmsTYA4FVmfR5o4QAK6zsq5ciGVwacn2v5G9OB8DtQvgJNReu_6g/w640-h460/35.056+Metzneria+lappella.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Metzneria lappella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I was fortunate enough to also catch four hawk-moths of three species, an Eyed, Poplar, and two Elephant Hawk-moths. Not a bad night in all.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDm2Gc0SAijJk1hTuBaOOiJtTz0MprhviU60de9ZJYbOuX1lpqg5WXLkL7xB_p1N6Ynf4HmsSkHNPopwjUpsX1SUkuGOmXctIwrT_NtJj-qHhRp4nQmukLPgLhnhhxKtVpUh-rXcJCWwF0/s2048/Elephant+Hawk-moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDm2Gc0SAijJk1hTuBaOOiJtTz0MprhviU60de9ZJYbOuX1lpqg5WXLkL7xB_p1N6Ynf4HmsSkHNPopwjUpsX1SUkuGOmXctIwrT_NtJj-qHhRp4nQmukLPgLhnhhxKtVpUh-rXcJCWwF0/w640-h470/Elephant+Hawk-moth.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elephant Hawk-moth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxJYUFxAYAMu-Th6bV_oWNpout02jSEM28Z7eTexis-9iRQQkM6hVME9ugvO-ckdkdIIZLLcL-NOZ6VX2wY54tH-RpAFuxKpM39SAaZWFL3Y5eWJMeA1ETBirgJCxw-4VL9czUKVXi154/s2048/Eyed+Hawk-moth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxJYUFxAYAMu-Th6bV_oWNpout02jSEM28Z7eTexis-9iRQQkM6hVME9ugvO-ckdkdIIZLLcL-NOZ6VX2wY54tH-RpAFuxKpM39SAaZWFL3Y5eWJMeA1ETBirgJCxw-4VL9czUKVXi154/w640-h470/Eyed+Hawk-moth.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eyed Hawk-moth</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-21261575092466994542021-06-21T19:49:00.001+01:002021-06-22T07:34:26.563+01:00And so it continues....<p style="text-align: justify;">What with a very poor start to the year weather-wise and a recurrence of health issues, the first six months of the year have just been on hold. However, things have started to improve and a visit to Brafferton VC62 on Wednesday 16th June proved to be one of those purple patch nights, despite having to pack up quickly due to forecast dawn rain showers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I had my usual MV Robinson in the 'camp' area, 160MVB over sheet in the parking bay and trialled two 5w LED bucket traps dotted in the vegetation on the main track. The two MV produced broadly similar numbers and species with the two LED's pulling in a small number each (still more than not bothering at all.).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A total of 261 of 71 species, so unexceptional numbers, but there were several good micros among the haul. The best was a <i>Pammene ignorata</i> which immediately struck me as significant, and was despatched to Charlie who had gen.det. the three previous Yorkshire records, and this one too was confirmed, also as a first for VC62. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKU4_ySAXko_YP6iXRUQi-DYTDA_8T4qIrp8TBEEyW_olvzaIrm8lC4Igi9Stl3JrauIt8-wmMp6Bk7G5LmUkQdq4goZebaZBlXwbZv23-LEy71ahA5K3uh3X24WEELSdecAtxRJHyP0z0/s2048/49.361+Pammene+ignorata%252C+Terry+Box%255B14902%255D.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="2048" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKU4_ySAXko_YP6iXRUQi-DYTDA_8T4qIrp8TBEEyW_olvzaIrm8lC4Igi9Stl3JrauIt8-wmMp6Bk7G5LmUkQdq4goZebaZBlXwbZv23-LEy71ahA5K3uh3X24WEELSdecAtxRJHyP0z0/w640-h406/49.361+Pammene+ignorata%252C+Terry+Box%255B14902%255D.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pammene ignorata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another moth of interest was a rare moth nationally, and what appears to be only the 2nd record for VC62. This was an <i>Apomyelois bistriatella</i> which has a preference for heathy areas, although this is not a habitat for which Brafferton in known. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXzqDPpdKQkcTnolzR-XtCs3uhz0Go35C3wKu1kvOtXTH1jD56_l1yn4SO0KdNx8pMqod4twZQ_YVTN_ELQu3hFoBeLD2QmJCgTPizPDL0T0EY6sQb0rhVJmdeMS1hZjU2C8F9tavEkfx/s720/Apomyelois+bistriatella+ed.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXzqDPpdKQkcTnolzR-XtCs3uhz0Go35C3wKu1kvOtXTH1jD56_l1yn4SO0KdNx8pMqod4twZQ_YVTN_ELQu3hFoBeLD2QmJCgTPizPDL0T0EY6sQb0rhVJmdeMS1hZjU2C8F9tavEkfx/w640-h480/Apomyelois+bistriatella+ed.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Apomyelois bistriatella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXf2zbD5q6nLFLi1avCxJNcmXYUv8PZCF0WO5rvdGw9QUdifl9LszQKXrT_Rjwn3STPWzAy2PN_giOHXVcjpjR_rvu_i2a5XHE1oKZBoL7cRcdn5R3AweDYSnA2R3ZxHM76_gItvLwP29/s2048/Apomyelois+bistriatella+query+1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXf2zbD5q6nLFLi1avCxJNcmXYUv8PZCF0WO5rvdGw9QUdifl9LszQKXrT_Rjwn3STPWzAy2PN_giOHXVcjpjR_rvu_i2a5XHE1oKZBoL7cRcdn5R3AweDYSnA2R3ZxHM76_gItvLwP29/w640-h480/Apomyelois+bistriatella+query+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Apomyelois bistriatella</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The next moth of interest was a fine colourful tortrix moth which I eventually narrowed down to a <i>Gypsonoma oppressana</i>, which even Harry said he had never seen such a colourful version. It was interesting in that I had claimed one from Kilburn, also VC62, back in 2014, a much more typical monochrome specimen, which is also now accepted and becomes a new for VC62 predating a later accepted record.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnpim24PxzLXMDCODObdXTk5y4bxJAORya6ZWlcDkxIFYQjXPC_Sy67F6BV8JLFwZCpxbPR6VriUs1RjgyzKG4dBw-eODvAnaslwHR4gJWq08qtFIK5xDv44txx13X1_g5UfF_ismWLo1/s2048/Gypsonoma+oppressana+2.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnpim24PxzLXMDCODObdXTk5y4bxJAORya6ZWlcDkxIFYQjXPC_Sy67F6BV8JLFwZCpxbPR6VriUs1RjgyzKG4dBw-eODvAnaslwHR4gJWq08qtFIK5xDv44txx13X1_g5UfF_ismWLo1/w640-h502/Gypsonoma+oppressana+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Gypsonoma oppressana</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJbEGAgnXMFeNIc3NNGV-MqT_AQ3eaaDxhnFUuCJzEeOHT21nXAPoevUkZEhvitYXWQCwejSJ6cVFv40S8DEr08a2rdy3Awg-0NsgdrFFVPyAepxb7Tt3ZdOKZaq5icOr_cKOtIxf5kLZ/s2048/Gypsonoma+oppressana.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJbEGAgnXMFeNIc3NNGV-MqT_AQ3eaaDxhnFUuCJzEeOHT21nXAPoevUkZEhvitYXWQCwejSJ6cVFv40S8DEr08a2rdy3Awg-0NsgdrFFVPyAepxb7Tt3ZdOKZaq5icOr_cKOtIxf5kLZ/w640-h502/Gypsonoma+oppressana.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Gypsonoma oppressana<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsGk-UzOjdYz_8LcFwUhsJl7cUUW52MEzeg35DIeJQ8Bym9K-TgSWVFzpmWKBKIZ9m6GirQ-ZWlHtoY4_U4OxF9KDoFLZcRy2dpR2Tcdpswi8BVpaEeoabufl8cUBPbG_YinmNoEcBcmx/s720/1170+Gypsonoma+oppressana.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="720" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsGk-UzOjdYz_8LcFwUhsJl7cUUW52MEzeg35DIeJQ8Bym9K-TgSWVFzpmWKBKIZ9m6GirQ-ZWlHtoY4_U4OxF9KDoFLZcRy2dpR2Tcdpswi8BVpaEeoabufl8cUBPbG_YinmNoEcBcmx/w640-h476/1170+Gypsonoma+oppressana.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Gypsonoma oppressana,</i><span style="text-align: left;"> Kilburn, VC62, 11 Jul 2014<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">I include a couple of macro moths, not because of their rarity, but just fabulous examples of how beautiful a 'brown' moth can be.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxx8ubYLJ4umvjlSEXNub5lXwcMjjE7iMvpbMs5GWGUBwJtzesMg9uIXihdD2WEbDINxawkMOYM7hmTZLy3qBF1tD5ONpCGzW7FbC5LIhm1qLypjBqdSxZ8xmQXEGZckTBK7LLiSjxEEu/s2048/Mottled+Pug.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2048" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxx8ubYLJ4umvjlSEXNub5lXwcMjjE7iMvpbMs5GWGUBwJtzesMg9uIXihdD2WEbDINxawkMOYM7hmTZLy3qBF1tD5ONpCGzW7FbC5LIhm1qLypjBqdSxZ8xmQXEGZckTBK7LLiSjxEEu/w640-h498/Mottled+Pug.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mottled Beauty</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6UOj2LcsZFXSxgnBmQQvyGYH1KdOvmMW6t73j76vN-l2WR13MqiiOxaAYd6_fdG8ZtkhfCq2dxaNPD_ySymyblQBu10_wQbIoRKW5Nbl-IVSlDMOVX5d5xNo1yGNk_1dlP5_iC1IAJNI/s2048/Scallop+Shell.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6UOj2LcsZFXSxgnBmQQvyGYH1KdOvmMW6t73j76vN-l2WR13MqiiOxaAYd6_fdG8ZtkhfCq2dxaNPD_ySymyblQBu10_wQbIoRKW5Nbl-IVSlDMOVX5d5xNo1yGNk_1dlP5_iC1IAJNI/w640-h468/Scallop+Shell.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scallop Shell</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Hopefully, further trapping possible in the near future.<br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-71412178340645874002020-10-01T19:06:00.000+01:002020-10-02T14:13:50.294+01:00What a year...<p style="text-align: justify;">Following the very belated posting covering the computer crash through to the end of the year, who would have thought it could get worse.... In December I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer which caused a period of great uncertainty and putting annual subscriptions on hold; various scans suggested it was treatable and I was booked in for four sessions of aggressive chemotherapy. Then as a vulnerable person I was on total self isolation with my family, with the general lockdown just before my last dose of chemo. My operation due late April was cancelled and I was put on lower dose tablet chemo until my operation was rescheduled for mid June. The op and subsequent recovery went extremely well and actually got back to work a month ago.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I just cannot use the excuse of not having enough time but it is a matter of priorities. I used much of the lockdown time assembling an up-to-date Atropos magazine index, some 2600+ pages to scour, and having done most of it I just need to finish off, check it and format it. I have re-labelled the Yorkshire Moth website photos in preparation for the planned update by MapMate to cope with the new numbering which is currently holding the website data updates back, </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Initially I was rather down about the prospect of just trapping at home, but I did manage some trapping at my private site at Brafferton (VC62) where I 'exercised' at night on my own, probably safer there than anywhere. Following subsequent generator malfunctions I reluctantly started trapping on my parking spot at home in Langthorpe (VC65) and was pleasantly surprised at the results until wasp infestation brought things to a halt in September.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a result of this rather fractured and stop/start recording this year, I will just just pick out the highlights to get back up to date.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first period of trapping was 16 May to 1 June, 8 nights in total all at Brafferton VC62, with 1550 moths of 130 species. Highlights were 95 Grey Pine Carpets, 53 Poplar Hawkmoths and 98 Orange Footman. The best night was 20 May which was excellent for scarcer Ancylis moths with examples of the rare <i>Ancylis laetana</i> and <i>Ancylis upupana,</i> and <i>Ancylis myrtillana</i> well away from upland heath.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYRcjlJSPBT0zdFZOt7r1uxo2PXS0MiJ9c3yUvVy6mYTEX3yTrRRu7y4LhFrSG0tmF9WqDR7ESxsSCic_dYxLc4zB7C9ylvITcftC4IFd60GXP69luCVmIJBGbSt4_jG52gM9AfLRZvnP/s1767/Ancylis+laetana+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1767" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYRcjlJSPBT0zdFZOt7r1uxo2PXS0MiJ9c3yUvVy6mYTEX3yTrRRu7y4LhFrSG0tmF9WqDR7ESxsSCic_dYxLc4zB7C9ylvITcftC4IFd60GXP69luCVmIJBGbSt4_jG52gM9AfLRZvnP/w640-h474/Ancylis+laetana+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Ancylis laetana, </i>Brafferton, VC62</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UCIL5s7QjF6wZt4Q8w9CLECKBAXzOr5IWVpeiZB-vPFYv76xz4amNc-LnCzGeHUbXS45kultOb_hoe6BkcL_-WpBSWSS9gBphc-0WAJP49syGQncovQFMR40RBuliVnhP5vBSePXuI4U/s2048/Ancylis+upupana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="2048" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UCIL5s7QjF6wZt4Q8w9CLECKBAXzOr5IWVpeiZB-vPFYv76xz4amNc-LnCzGeHUbXS45kultOb_hoe6BkcL_-WpBSWSS9gBphc-0WAJP49syGQncovQFMR40RBuliVnhP5vBSePXuI4U/w640-h440/Ancylis+upupana.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>Ancylis upupana, </i>Brafferton, VC62</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qOE05niVknBTtPMXvpXFrKRmAX-Ur7P456ffBlAA95FRfMXwrQKpKvX60qH2G-_wNDfQiXcUlG7Z5s5t9o8WiG4gVlje0ZCRY222E-te4-UMs7pBqIWmc0w2c4nT5lljGqUctvCFRzYd/s1581/Ancylis+myrtillana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1581" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qOE05niVknBTtPMXvpXFrKRmAX-Ur7P456ffBlAA95FRfMXwrQKpKvX60qH2G-_wNDfQiXcUlG7Z5s5t9o8WiG4gVlje0ZCRY222E-te4-UMs7pBqIWmc0w2c4nT5lljGqUctvCFRzYd/w640-h464/Ancylis+myrtillana.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Ancylis myrtillana, </i>Brafferton, VC62</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div>The second period at Brafferton was four visits 12 July to 2 August, 956 moths of 122 species. The highlights and new for me in this period were a <i>Monochroa cytisella</i>, a bracken feeder rare in Yorkshire and only the 2nd record for VC62; a nationally scarce B <i>Nemaxera betulinella</i> probably only 2nd recent VC62 record; a <i>Zeiraphera isertana</i> a scarce oak feeder, and the scarce pine feeding <i>Clavigesta purdeyi</i>.</div></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS0BQpt6iVChrLJZwcGbQ0-clAyFEPi3r_fTS46cJJfxGS1zc9jVEK6toR1Cp6KcLx6tKUK0a_MVX3j0m8e4eY5C4-cn2gJMtul1bwrkEInkydqSZusEMGsDuCx4mMguiTGrmoAoT1pd7/s1671/35.065+Monochroa+cytisella+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1671" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaS0BQpt6iVChrLJZwcGbQ0-clAyFEPi3r_fTS46cJJfxGS1zc9jVEK6toR1Cp6KcLx6tKUK0a_MVX3j0m8e4eY5C4-cn2gJMtul1bwrkEInkydqSZusEMGsDuCx4mMguiTGrmoAoT1pd7/w640-h462/35.065+Monochroa+cytisella+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Monochroa cytisella</i>, Brafferton, 7 Jul 2020</span> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="1830" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAB71Ol7iWwbVs6RI3O0-ygJI0pb15Ks8OYlMuVL29xkf39OzgpgjhaN2MMe_AmoAuK6vCj7W1kpvF3BeXjzX1sCeXTEBSQNp_henpn7T3uhhmN0MZi6mtU62TxYcEk5x9KCMs66xbPl9t/w640-h470/Nemaxera+betulinella+2.JPG" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Nemaxera betulinella</i>, Brafferton, 25 Jul 2020</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaLK_UWVuBYgUTTScLLSSCDRO4By2FzRqhKtyBrNBo7mnVlO5v15XSK7VQRSrtmm2kSW1NegKZOs1cNcbyQS5VGXOHul6jN_m8kHRtz-hQN0Gykx0qoIYjUOZmFNqbsJYvxmmbfBZ2gHY/s1762/49.260+++Zeiraphera+isertana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1762" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaLK_UWVuBYgUTTScLLSSCDRO4By2FzRqhKtyBrNBo7mnVlO5v15XSK7VQRSrtmm2kSW1NegKZOs1cNcbyQS5VGXOHul6jN_m8kHRtz-hQN0Gykx0qoIYjUOZmFNqbsJYvxmmbfBZ2gHY/w640-h526/49.260+++Zeiraphera+isertana.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Zeiraphera isertana</i>, Brafferton, 18 Jul 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-pZQYFSUf0zxaC5vfcEu-dLfrImFgTbQHj-hTGIA0hibu9xclNmgAwX3tMUqjnkUSR8WRiIHgeF5sEhJnSMELJbuQzrAXNf-wqjGP_Yvcr1LDmfRF1dWPPWaFaUV2m8w9zSm5xTFyF7X/s1678/49.304+Clavigesta+purdeyi.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="1678" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-pZQYFSUf0zxaC5vfcEu-dLfrImFgTbQHj-hTGIA0hibu9xclNmgAwX3tMUqjnkUSR8WRiIHgeF5sEhJnSMELJbuQzrAXNf-wqjGP_Yvcr1LDmfRF1dWPPWaFaUV2m8w9zSm5xTFyF7X/w640-h514/49.304+Clavigesta+purdeyi.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Clavigesta purdeyi</i>, Brafferton, 30 Jul 2020</span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Following reliability issues with both generators I reverted with reluctance to trapping at home. I trapped 14 nights between 6 August and 19 September, catching 821 moths of 115 species. This was considerably more than I had trapped in the previous 13 years there, so unsurprisingly I added 71 new species to the garden list. Most were the expected common species, but it was great to get 11 confirmed and obvious Willow Ermine 6 - 14 August, and best of all was a micro new to Yorkshire, <i>Metalampra italica</i>, not one but two specimens.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This Willow Ermine clearly shows the greyish cast to the cilia and main part of the wings, with a narrow white border to the outer edge of the wings.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORisef9tdhLhflDdN_3sLwqxF5i89YdmJ8RJ9mcwvn2ZFZU3DBQTzE-s_y5Dr5jfxSP1mjd5UfhvP3fehYCAYG4q8IPae6klUNYQ1nifUUsFQ-C5UNgalzj8G_tMlrbf9AFTAt1jbH2fk/s2048/Willow+Ermine.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORisef9tdhLhflDdN_3sLwqxF5i89YdmJ8RJ9mcwvn2ZFZU3DBQTzE-s_y5Dr5jfxSP1mjd5UfhvP3fehYCAYG4q8IPae6klUNYQ1nifUUsFQ-C5UNgalzj8G_tMlrbf9AFTAt1jbH2fk/w640-h480/Willow+Ermine.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Willow Ermine <i style="text-align: left;">Yponomeuta rorrella</i>, Langthorpe, 6 Aug 2020</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next was a huge surprise, very obvious and not difficult to identify. As a species it has an interesting history in that it appeared in Devon for the first time in 2003, and has slowly spread to other counties in the south, with odd ones turning up as far north as Lincolnshire and Lancashire, it was to be expected in Yorkshire. <i>Metalampra italica</i> was previously known only from Italy before occurring in Britain whereas another species, <i>Metalampra cinnamomea</i>, is more widespread in Europe, including France and so seemed to be a better candidate for turning up here. Having let my first one go, the second was obviously on its last legs and died shortly after potting. I have forwarded it to Harry for gen. det.. This is a species that the larva inhabits decaying oak, and as there are not that many oaks close to my garden I wondered whether they arrived in my neighbour's hardwood logs for firewood? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRDdb4NR3m1iuv_rY0QOtGicMLvncG6aDGb0oHxSIj-9GSWLs5wmVVS6iGT-c73Dt32TM4IDQHlG6fTVdqoSDMq52_oCKWe-aEjZYg18u4wgdWFci_3-BqdcCtFIFBjFil8E7ZJ17QTEJ/s1912/28.008+Metalampra+italica+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1912" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRDdb4NR3m1iuv_rY0QOtGicMLvncG6aDGb0oHxSIj-9GSWLs5wmVVS6iGT-c73Dt32TM4IDQHlG6fTVdqoSDMq52_oCKWe-aEjZYg18u4wgdWFci_3-BqdcCtFIFBjFil8E7ZJ17QTEJ/w640-h470/28.008+Metalampra+italica+5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Metalampra italica</i></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;">, Langthorpe, 14 Aug 2020</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRau_qTPMPS0jFliqQq8IFFhNntFrxuUxM8ZLlYsOFhaY-wMr8QP9nfxty-bAlf81pEjCMV3O8As71Yj5eRj47hoqy5KlZwyCLcj2jXnwEp00XdWxUzNJEdKN-MonJdgXMYRo4_NTxXox-/s2048/28.008+Metalampra+italica+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2048" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRau_qTPMPS0jFliqQq8IFFhNntFrxuUxM8ZLlYsOFhaY-wMr8QP9nfxty-bAlf81pEjCMV3O8As71Yj5eRj47hoqy5KlZwyCLcj2jXnwEp00XdWxUzNJEdKN-MonJdgXMYRo4_NTxXox-/w640-h474/28.008+Metalampra+italica+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Metalampra italica</i>, Langthorpe, 14 Aug 2020 (same as above individual)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmLA4iTmDKVx1ZcdcovuQzX0oYRzHoqHClgrg8nk5jr639XMkyeRSxRmFtBt5zU0NtI9_hlrNINJSvQ2xQShw-8c30Em1y1qEzLXqKj-lU3awsGuexL6Y_0HAMFrgDV44I-BaN1L-5iN6/s1655/Metalampra+italica+1+20+Aug.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1655" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmLA4iTmDKVx1ZcdcovuQzX0oYRzHoqHClgrg8nk5jr639XMkyeRSxRmFtBt5zU0NtI9_hlrNINJSvQ2xQShw-8c30Em1y1qEzLXqKj-lU3awsGuexL6Y_0HAMFrgDV44I-BaN1L-5iN6/w640-h528/Metalampra+italica+1+20+Aug.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Metalampra italica</i>, Langthorpe, 20 Aug 2020 (different individual and moribund)</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnV4EuMnqqptOK3YA6XKcZrODdTH477xDpirKRe731GkmDcXghhnaCUhEbiUd70Nnl7m1YHYB1s6x1oPEhQ69_LyUxVOIffD182-P98-cp4w3z3eqELHhS5F9ehWkdPwKB4zn2Ilc9dXc/s2048/wasps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2048" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnV4EuMnqqptOK3YA6XKcZrODdTH477xDpirKRe731GkmDcXghhnaCUhEbiUd70Nnl7m1YHYB1s6x1oPEhQ69_LyUxVOIffD182-P98-cp4w3z3eqELHhS5F9ehWkdPwKB4zn2Ilc9dXc/w640-h444/wasps.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Trapping at Langthorpe becoming very uncomfortable in September with increasing numbers of wasps, on the last two occasions outnumbering the moths 10:1; fortunately they were very dopey and did not bother the moths or me. I took the opportunity to set up my trap at my work premises nearby in Roecliffe (VC64) and was extremely fortunate to have another new species for me, a <i>Tachystola acroxantha</i>, new at least for the Harrogate DNS and quite a distance from the next nearest record...just 50 meters further north and it would have been new for VC65. This adventive species originally from Australia and probably introduced on imported plants, was first found in Devon in 1908, and has gradually spread northwards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpH1ol0Au7H-ss2XLryf7ByqbTB__ki7vuI79DYPLtapnYytK9w4J5T4BEd63XVBQq6m8q3AjLKFTdzOJNjlngbInAHE1vuKzpZmpPBuhTBKjlBL3OhfbZy0x2gwwTiHz4RTj5LvV-ee50/s2048/Tachystola+acroxantha+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2048" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpH1ol0Au7H-ss2XLryf7ByqbTB__ki7vuI79DYPLtapnYytK9w4J5T4BEd63XVBQq6m8q3AjLKFTdzOJNjlngbInAHE1vuKzpZmpPBuhTBKjlBL3OhfbZy0x2gwwTiHz4RTj5LvV-ee50/w640-h496/Tachystola+acroxantha+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Tachystola acroxantha</i>, Roecliffe, 21 Sep 2020</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Having spent many hours sat on my terrace while isolating, I was fortunate to see some reasonable birds and butterflies. Birds included Common Tern, Red Kite, Yellow Wagtail heard, Lesser Whitethroat, nearby singing Corn Buntings, Tree Sparrows, probable breeding Yellow Wagtails and at least one Hobby and a Blue-headed Wagtail. A good selection of common butterflies including several sightings of Holly Blue. Finally a couple of other photos just to show it has not all been moths.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi741svETJLMKEA02MF1EEaVMwpR50ahgja_qPbXnMLsYLHfilwrVFh_EqVVxmoGWEG1W27Nvs1tn9YrPCUCsPEwCTa4Fp_4GBkLujLpjF4GCKkd50X04thyphenhyphenqYfjuxIJyRwRcfBq_9pMIgk/s1612/Comma.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1612" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi741svETJLMKEA02MF1EEaVMwpR50ahgja_qPbXnMLsYLHfilwrVFh_EqVVxmoGWEG1W27Nvs1tn9YrPCUCsPEwCTa4Fp_4GBkLujLpjF4GCKkd50X04thyphenhyphenqYfjuxIJyRwRcfBq_9pMIgk/w640-h500/Comma.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Comma, Brafferton, 19 Sep 2020</div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQdiuqmt8yjA0OAZV9DkhfGNh6JlX-U2Xxifc7vjMnVv6ucvZJv1mAUL8-Wt3VZb-Vhf4s0fb7s3Wqary6W8INlunXdi2boT68EOOgke28rmKylyb15fI2vrwwRpwDZ-VP17GXrUnJcDV/s2048/Common+Darter+male.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQdiuqmt8yjA0OAZV9DkhfGNh6JlX-U2Xxifc7vjMnVv6ucvZJv1mAUL8-Wt3VZb-Vhf4s0fb7s3Wqary6W8INlunXdi2boT68EOOgke28rmKylyb15fI2vrwwRpwDZ-VP17GXrUnJcDV/w640-h480/Common+Darter+male.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Common Darter, Nosterfield, 20 Sep 2020</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">What will the rest of the year bring and what can one hope to achieve in 2021? At least I made it this far, and looking positively to the future.</div>grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-40577856284718699422020-10-01T11:06:00.004+01:002020-10-02T14:18:02.082+01:00Disaster recovery....!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It is obvious that I have neglected updating the blog and I am writing this in December 2019: following a mishap with a glass of milk and my laptop I have had a lot of catching up to do. It was fortunate I had a fairly recent backup and in getting a replacement laptop I have spent a couple of months reconfiguring it and restoring as much as I could. I don't think I have lost much data June/July, most re-entered from paper records, and a small number of photos are gone, fortunately the most significant already saved elsewhere. A far more strict backup regime will be in place from now!</div>
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Botany themed meeting walks at Swillington Ings and South Gare added dozens of plant species, more moth trapping at Brafferton and a night at Ashberry NR both in VC62, a Shieldbug and Grasshopper course at Formby on a stormy Saturday still produced the goods, and casual day visits to Brafferton and Pilmoor. Rather than add a lot of text I will just provide a selection of photos from the last few months.</div>
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It was worth letting this horsefly bite me to get a photo of those amazing eyes!<br />
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A fine portrait of one of my favourite damselflies.<br />
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A couple of interesting micros at Ashberry Pastures NR (VC62), both scarce in the County.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDvOI70Ye82pXX9WWvk6XzbJLWhyphenhyphenfncRBHz_V6ut4dS707skgkLxjDVVrNiQryQkGRxuI8nqpzEnQkmvGqLkmN4A3f8va4PyRunTfJdOsbNUVx-GGlbMR9krcmkTKXtwa-dTjn01jxy2f/s800/Adela+croesella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="800" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDvOI70Ye82pXX9WWvk6XzbJLWhyphenhyphenfncRBHz_V6ut4dS707skgkLxjDVVrNiQryQkGRxuI8nqpzEnQkmvGqLkmN4A3f8va4PyRunTfJdOsbNUVx-GGlbMR9krcmkTKXtwa-dTjn01jxy2f/w640-h448/Adela+croesella.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adela croesella</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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The pale band near the tip of the antennae is diagnostic.<br />
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This tiny weevil is only 5-6mm in length and closeup looks very distinctive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Figwort Weevil, Brafferton, 7 Sep 2019</span><br /><br /></td></tr>
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The following is an Ichneumon parasitic wasp, one of two individuals attracted to light on different days, and apparently new to Yorkshire. Very little is known of the species, on what it preys or its full distribution; identification confirmed by Gavin Broad (one of the authors of the RES handbook on Ichneumon wasps)..</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scarce Footman., Brafferton, VC62, 3 Aug 2019</span><br /><br /></td></tr>
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Later in August I was lucky enough to catch up with a Maidens Blush, a southern moth moving northwards. I had caught one earlier in the year which I glimpsed as it made a dash for freedom, so was pleased to catch another.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DXuOSwcN0fogd2Xgn8PObqexHFNX2lj6KMOQ5xjsD9VNkoJAl-77_vU0rqLmig-fyYCwSJkfdCkEJsR5Rm5xtrc9f2MPv4-rpVUjndC3W7VHJ4-2YiJmY4ONwpPdSttx88MDjCGfFi7E/s2048/DSCN5554+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Maidens Blush, Brafferton VC65, 25 Aug 2019" border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-DXuOSwcN0fogd2Xgn8PObqexHFNX2lj6KMOQ5xjsD9VNkoJAl-77_vU0rqLmig-fyYCwSJkfdCkEJsR5Rm5xtrc9f2MPv4-rpVUjndC3W7VHJ4-2YiJmY4ONwpPdSttx88MDjCGfFi7E/w640-h478/DSCN5554+%25282%2529.JPG" title="Maidens Blush, Brafferton VC65, 25 Aug 2019" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Maidens Blush, Brafferton, VC62, 25 Aug 2019</span></div></span><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div>
grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-52551493093303131182019-07-08T20:45:00.000+01:002019-07-11T07:27:09.694+01:00Two new macro-moths<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is something that doesn't happen too often these days, two new macros. Off the back of delivering a vehicle to Carlyon Bay in Cornwall I had enough tacho hours to get back as far as Somerset. Calling on my local knowledge I aimed for Shapwick Heath where I used to do some bird ringing back in the 1990's. I parked up and walked to my proposed site to find that the willow sprigs planted all those years ago and kept to no more than 10' by regular cutting were now a veritable forest! It really wasn't suitable for moth trapping close enough to parking, so I opted to try Godwins peatworks on nearby Westhay Heath with ample parking and where I also ringed some birds. On arrival a Great White Egret feeding on an open pool was an excellent omen. I put a single Robinson trap out 100m up a drove with reed-beds on one side, willow scrub and a open water on the other. It proved a reasonable night with modest numbers and species, 94 moths of 39 species, but did include some interesting species; there were a good selection of China-marks and Wainscots as might be expected from such habitat.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Elophila nymphaeata</i> (Brown China-mark)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Archanara dissoluta</i> (Brown-veined Wainscot)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilodes maritima</i> (Silky Wainscot)</td></tr>
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The commonest moth was another Wainscot, of which there were 15, and one was potted for photographing and identification. On checking it soon became evident they were Obscure Wainscots, another new one for me and according to the Somerset Moth Group website not showing any dots for the County. I have since learned that the moth does occur in Somerset with some frequency and the absence of dots on the map is a result of name changes within MapMate. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown-veined Wainscot (left) and Obscure Wainscot (right)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obscure Wainscot</td></tr>
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There was only one pug which looked very small, nondescript and had an orange 'waistband'; it was clearly a Haworth's Pug, another new one for me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haworth's Pug</td></tr>
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A successful visit to a County where I started moth trapping all those years ago but not seriously enough to have recorded my Blackford gardens catches in Mapmate.</div>
grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-83696893029206126682019-07-03T20:10:00.003+01:002019-07-03T20:10:40.388+01:00Second half of June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A bit of a catch up with several visits to new sites and a new moth at Sun Beck. A bout of dog-sitting on the weekend of 22/23rd June gave me the opportunity to have a stroll round Formby Point in Lancashire. Several new plants were seen including Hound's-tongue <i>Cynoglossum officinale</i> and Japanese Rose <i>Rosa rugosa</i>, and a number of amorous Dune Chafer <i>Anomala dubia</i>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cynoglossum officinale</i> (Hound's-tongue)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anomala dubia</i> (Dune Chafer)</td></tr>
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Three new plants were identified in the carpark at work in Roecliffe: Weld <i>Reseda luteola</i>, Golden Melilot <i>Melilotus altissima</i> and Great Lettuce <i>Lactuca virosa</i>.</div>
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Friday night and at last a nights trapping at Sun Beck Wood, Brafferton Spring. 189 moths of 53 species, two new for site, and by far the best was an adult bagworm moth with very few records in the north of Yorkshire, a <i>Taleporia tubulosa</i>.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Another botanic walk with the Wild Flower Society at Swillington Ings east of Leeds added a handful of new species on what was the hottest day of the year so far. Photographically it was a bit of a nightmare and I struggled to get any photos of any value. Docks were well represented with Greek Dock </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Rumex cristatus</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, Water Dock </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Rumex hydrolapathum</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, Golden Dock </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Rumex maritimus</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, and Marsh Dock </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Rumex palustris</i><span style="text-align: justify;">. A very rare rush Great Soft Rush </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Juncus pallidus</i><span style="text-align: justify;">, originally from Australia and New Zealand, at one of its very few sites in the northern hemisphere, an escapee /introduction. One of the scarcer flowering plants was the diminutive Lesser Centaury </span><i style="text-align: justify;">Centaurium pulchellum</i><span style="text-align: justify;">.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pilosella aurantiaca</i> (Fox-and-Cubs)</td></tr>
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Finally a late morning walk in the wind at South Gare near Redcar on Sunday was a revelation although not conducive to macro photography. For what is mainly a man-made site in an industrial area the array of plants was outstanding. There were some naturalised garden plants growing wild here, such as Sweet William <i>Dianthus barbatus</i>, Common Snapdragon <i>Antirrhinum maju</i>s, Cypress Spurge <i>Euphorbia cyparissia</i>s and the rather exotically named Elephant-eared Saxifrage <i>Bergenia cordifolia</i>. A scarce plant found was Purple Milk-vetch <i>Astragalus danicus.</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Astragalus danicus</i> (Purple Milk-vetch)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Euphorbia cyparissias</i> (Cypress Spurge)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lagurus ovatus</i> (Harestail Grass)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dianthus barbatus</i> (Sweet William)</td></tr>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-5191144421832445502019-06-17T07:26:00.001+01:002019-06-17T07:26:02.489+01:00A few insect offerings from Sun Beck<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Following yet another potential nights moth trapping thwarted by heavy rain I made use of the morning sun to have a walk around Sun Beck wood, Brafferton. My quest for putting in the effort to see species other than birds and moths really paid off and several new insects were noted. </div>
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There were dozens of these bright yellow sawflies, but this one allowed close approach, enough to identify it as Turnip Sawfly. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Athalia rosae</i> (Turnip Sawfly)</td></tr>
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A rather subdued wasp that was initially lying on its side in a buttercup eventually dragged itself to a more photogenic pose. </div>
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Several beetles were seen including the diminutive yellow and black 14-Spot Ladybird, and the dark form of .a click beetle <i>Denticollis linearis.</i></div>
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There were at least 15 small shieldbugs which I did not recognise, assuming they were early instars of a more common species. On checking the photos on return it was plain to see they were all adult Woundwort Shieldbugs, another new species for me and right at the northern edge of their range.</div>
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A very small insect with intricately patterned wings made identification rather difficult. Having initially offered it for identification on the Diptera forums I was quickly dispatched by the resident experts to look at Hemiptera. A peruse in that direction it was clear that it was actually a lacehopper, probably <i>Cixius nervosus</i>.</div>
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It was inevitable that several moths were seen, including a <i>Nemaphora degeerella</i> which eventually settled, and the diminutive <i>Micropterix aruncella</i>, a moth I have only seen twice before. Other moths seen were a <i>Celypha lacunana</i> and a Silver-ground Carpet.</div>
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As a footnote, while looking through photos from previous years for any unidentified species threw up a bug from 2015 that with a quick search proved to be a Tree Damsel Bug, a southern species at the northern edge of its range.</div>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-69439544210342623912019-06-10T18:25:00.001+01:002019-06-10T18:25:05.440+01:00A rare moth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Perhaps the highlight of Sunday's visit to Ashberry Pastures was a longhorn micro-moth found low down in vegetation. Its small size drew my attention and I carefully potted it to photograph it in less windy conditions. It soon became apparent that it was <i>Adela croesella</i> a scarce moth in Yorkshire, similar to the more common <i>Nemophora degeerella</i>. It has been accepted from the photos by the County Moth Recorder Harry Beaumont.</div>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-20104710475752633872019-06-10T07:17:00.001+01:002019-06-10T07:17:23.839+01:00What a great place!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On Saturday 8th June I attended a Wild Flower Society botanical walk at Ashberry Pastures near Helmsbury in VC62. The forecast was for rain which thankfully held off until midday, however this did not affect the pleasure of being in such fantastic habitat. A small group of hardy botanists ambled through the meadows and many interesting plants were identified. I enjoyed the visit so much that I returned the following day prompted by a sunny start although the breeze did make photography challenging. At least 80 flowering plants were identified and some of the highlights were:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Valarian</td></tr>
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In the lanes around the area were Stone Bramble and Baneberry and nearby at Reivaulx was the stunning Dusky Cranesbill.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stone Bramble</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baneberry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dusky Cranesbill</td></tr>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-17689745232470763852019-05-30T06:59:00.001+01:002019-05-30T06:59:27.694+01:00The last few days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Following the successful visit to Lancashire at the end of last week I stayed a bit more local for the early part of this week. Several speculative visits to interesting habitat for plants produced the surprise of the week. A look at a grassy bank with plenty of Kidney Vetch produced at least two small dark blue butterflies which size-wise indicated Small Blue. I was then thrown when photographing the underside of one of them: it was white with black spots which I took to be indicative of Holly Blue. Bearing in mind it is 15 years since I have seen Small Blue in Dorset I had forgotten that they had dark uppersides and white undersides with black spots. On checking it was clear that I had in fact seen two male Small Blues at what turns out to be one of two sites in Yorkshire but the locations are not commonly known.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">male Small Blue, Yorkshire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Blue to 2014 - Courtesy of Butterfly Conservation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kidney Vetch</td></tr>
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A walk around at Greenhow produced several interesting sightings, including a very good candidate for Mountain Pansy.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Pansy</td></tr>
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I then visited Old Glebe fields near Leyburn looking for Burnt-tip Orchid, no luck on this occasion but good to see so many Green-winged Orchids even if they were past their best, and a few Twayblades, and several Water Avens. </div>
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On Wednesday I went looking for Argent & Sable moths at Bishop's Wood near Selby. I eventually had at least seven in flight and eventually one perched on White Campion, even if it didn't pose properly! </div>
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Another speculative visit to interesting habitat in VC64 produced another surprise: Pasque Flower. This is a plant I have seen before in Gloucestershire I think but never realised they occurred this far north. In addition there were a small number of Fragrant Orchids coming into flower and at least 150 Chimney Sweeper moths, a species I had recorded in Dorset well before I was interested in moth recording and somehow hadn't made it on to my list.</div>
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Two days in Lancashire, the first on Thursday for a botany walk at Warton Crag, and evening trapping at Gait Barrows, followed on Friday by some instruction on finding Barred Tooth-striped larvae. First of all the three new moths which were all at Gait Barrows: neither of the pyralids were on my radar but proved a welcome surprise, three <i>Anania funebris</i> and a single <i>Pyrausta cingulata</i> which evaded the camera.</div>
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On Friday, three of us joined Paul from Butterfly Conservation who proceeded to give background on the Barred Tooth-striped moth for which this area is a stronghold. He went on to give the distribution and apparent habitat requirements and survey methods before taking us to suitable areas nearby. The preferred foodplant here is young ash saplings especially on woodland edge and adjacent to mature trees, There seemed to be plenty of feeding signs and frass but the larvae were few and far between, possibly moved well down into cover or predated? Fortunately two larvae were already staked out and a speculative search produced three more. The tiny caterpillars not much more than 10-15mm were green in colour with a yellow lateral stripe and had a distinctive posture with its rear pair of legs grasping and the body head up at anything between 30-75 degrees, especially when disturbed.</div>
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The botany walk at Warton Crag was organised by the Wild Flower Society and attended by about 15 eager botanists. The walk started in the quarry area, up through the woodland to the top of the quarry. There were numerous plants in flower, some so small that at times most of the group were on their knees or prostrate. I managed 70 odd species noted of which over 40 were new to me and probably the scarcest plant Squinancywort is one I have seen before (at Berry Head I think, many years ago), On the walk back down the sun came out waking up several Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries .</div>
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On leaving the group at Warton I went to Arnside nearby to see a roadside Star-of-Bethlehem flower.</div>
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In preparation for the meeting on Friday I went to Gait Barrows and had a pleasent evening walk on the 'limestone trail'. Close to the beginning of the trail I found Spindle in flower and some Herb Paris that was just over. </div>
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The commonest grassland butterfly was Dingy Skipper and these two played hard to get....</div>
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Thursday night was spent moth trapping in the main carpark and adjacent track and a total of 73 moths of 28 species. Nothing really of note but Triple Lines and Coronet were good to see, the first since moving north and scarce east of the Pennines. </div>
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A great couple of days with some fantastic scenary and habitat, nearly 50 new plants in total, three new moths, and several more moths re-aquainted with.</div>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-25544769716456161422019-05-21T12:43:00.000+01:002019-05-21T12:43:15.608+01:00A few odds and ends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With moth numbers reported by many as still being very low I have made little effort to spend nights out for such little return; we are obviously still in the big 'dip' between the Orthosias and the early summer species. However, daytime walks have proved very rewarding with manageable numbers of new species to find and identify, as well as some fantastic scenery. </div>
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<b>Brae Pastures, nr Ingleborough, VC64, 11 May 2019</b><br />
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The hillside was carpeted with Bluebells, Primroses, Wood Anemones and Early Purple Orchids as well as some interesting sedges,</div>
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<b>Pilmoor, VC62, 18 May 2019</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Leaf Weevil, Pilmoor SSSI, VC62, 18 May 2019</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leopards-bane, Pilmoor, VC62, 18 May 2019</td></tr>
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<b>Strensall Common, VC62, 19 May 2019</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cucumber Green Orb Spider <i>Araniella cucurbitina</i> sensu stricto, Strensall, VC62, 19 May 19 </td></tr>
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There are two very closely related species <i>Araniella cucurbitina</i> and <i>opisthographa</i>.<br />
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Following the usual early part of the year hiatus it only takes a few decent days weather and the first flush of Spring growth to get me going again! </div>
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Despite my best intentions to look at other things besides moths in the last few years I have only scratched the surface. In an effort to broaden my experience I have spent the last few months looking into and planning which species to look for and places to visit. To start with as a frivolous attempt of setting goals I created my British Pan list (not cooking implements...but a list of all living species identified.). The bulk of the list was made up by moths and birds, a modest list of plants and small numbers of other species and came up with just over 2000 species in the UK. This is a small number compared with the top Pan listers who claim well in excess of 10000 species.</div>
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To kick-start my efforts I booked a number of themed walks, botanical visits to Arnside, Silverdale and N Y Moors, and an insect course at Ainsdale. The first of these was just over a week ago at Arnside in Lancashire, fantastic scenery, welcoming attendees, great weather and a reasonable list of plants. It was a pleasure to have the experience of various experts and a lack of pretentious one-upmanship. The only downside was one of the target rarities Teesdale Violet was not in flower, but many of the other more common species more than made up for it.</div>
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Even though some of the species were common I still amassed over 40 new species to me. The list included lichens, ferns, mosses as well as flowering plants and shrubs.</div>
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It was such an enjoyable day that I am really looking forward to the next trips, and a casual look over the last few days has added several more common species.</div>
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Back to the last few days and the fantastic weather has got me out and about....at night, three on the trot. Two nights at the private site at Brafferton Spring followed by last night under the aspens at Pilmoor. Modest numbers and up to 23 species with several new for site at Brafferton: Red Chestnut, Grey Shoulder-knot, and a cracking micro which at first glance looked fairly indistinct. However, once photographed its subtle pale green colouring and markings revealed it as <i>Acleris literana</i> which is a rare oak-feeding moth in North Yorkshire. The awful modern common names given to micro moths names it as Lichen Button, not a reference to its food plant but more to its appearance. Don't get me started on common names....</div>
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If I thought 2017 had been good then 2018 has been outstanding! I achieved my best year total of species identified and I had 60 (!) new lifer moths in total, seven of which were outside of Yorkshire. In Yorkshire alone I had 65 moths for the first time in the County, 12 of which I had seen elsewhere before, mainly southern species making their way northwards. Once again leaf-mining micros made a sizeable contribution to the total, but seven new Yorkshire macro moths were of note including three not identified anywhere else before.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The first highlight of the year was a planned foray to Lancashire to try and see Belted Beauty, a very rare moth in one of its main English sites, and was lucky enough to find this fine male.</span></div>
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In May through to mid June I concentrated on leaf mines on birch leaves in particular looking for Eriocrania mines, a small family of mainly birch feeders, very few of which recorded in VC62. My aim was to find at least one <i>salopiella</i> mine acceptable as new to VC62, following two probable vacated mines in previous years, both in early June. I managed to find a total of twelve <i>E. salopiella</i> mines at four sites at Pilmoor, Sessay and Brafferton, 13 - 26 May. Other birch feeding miners were seen in the same area as a result: two <i>E.unimaculella</i>, 7 - 13 May; two <i>E.sparmannella</i>, 24 June - 2 July; eight <i>E.cicatricella</i>, 7 -20 May; and finally 59 distinctively grey larva tenanted mines of <i>E.sangii.</i></div>
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As a further consequence of looking at leaves I found at least 18 <i>Heliozela sericiella</i> mines on oak at Brafferton, following the first VC62 record I had belatedly identified from an older photo at Pilmoor. The larvae mine from the petiole out through the main rib, cut an oval hole off the midrib and drops to the ground to pupate.<br />
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My use of trapping sites was rather more limited than in recent years mainly due to focussing my attention from early May to a new private woodland site, Brafferton Spring (VC62). This site is just east of Helperby, and is loosely associated with my sites at Pilmoor and Sessay. From early May I spent a total of 21 nights trapping at Brafferton Spring using a 125w MV on a Robinson trap and a 160w MVB over a white sheet, and at least a further 14 day visits looking for mines. In just six months trapping at this new site I amassed a total of 325 species which is not at all bad considering the lack of Spring species.<br />
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The highlights from Brafferton included at least three new VC62 records: the leaf-mine of <i>Eriocrania salopiella</i> already mentioned, and adults of <i>Dioryctria sylvestrell</i>a and <i>Epinotia signatana</i> both of which have been accepted, and a first record since 1868 of <i>Nemapogon clematella.</i><br />
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Other highlights from Brafferton included my first Devon Carpet away from its very few upland breeding sites in the County, a total of 11 of the scarce Pine Hawk-moth, two rare Wainscots, Mere and Twin-spotted, and the first Dog's Tooth probably for twenty years. Remarkably the Devon Carpet, Twin-spotted Wainscot and the Dog's Tooth all occurred on the night of 3rd August along with several others scarcities.</div>
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In the autumn I targeted more leaf-mine species and again this proved very succesful. New to VC64 was mines of <i>Ectoedemia sericopeza</i> on the samara of Norway Maple in Boroughbridge, and hundreds of mines of <i>Ectoedemia argyropeza</i> on aspen leaves at four sites in the Boroughbridge (VC64) and Pilmoor and Brafferton area, with only one previous unpublished VC62 record.<br />
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So then, what about 2019? I think I will be targeting some of the less well covered parts of the County in the far west and especially some of the moorland moth species, and also try my hand at a few of the other insect families and plants. So much to see but I don't think I will be achieving the same number of new moths for the year!</div>
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grampybustardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06201742407295623308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178962776287355284.post-44970104491043188192018-11-18T12:22:00.000+00:002018-11-18T12:22:01.242+00:00Alder Leaf Beetle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A line of alders at Pilmoor (VC62) were noted as being totally decimated on 15 September 2018 by what appeared to be at least 100 small shiny beetles. Having seen a similar photo on the internet I was alerted to the fact that they were Alder Leaf Beetles <i>Agelastica alni</i>, that were considered extinct in the UK until 2004, when they suddenly reappeared in Manchester presumably as an accidental import on alders. It has since spread to Lancashire, South and West Yorkshire and also appeared in Hampshire. On checking my records my first photos of the culprit were taken on 20 August 2018. The first photo below is a slightly out of focus phone photo but does indicate the scale of the damage to the alder leaves. I do recall seeing them here in at least one previous year (probably 2017) but despite looking through my photos I cannot find any evidence.</div>
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Not a huge amount to report over the last month except a few more leaf mines which I will summarise at the end of the year but the opportunity to attend a days training on moth genitalia dissection proved most worthwhile. I had taken four specimens of November Moth agg. from my last trapping attempt on the night of 20th October at Sunbeck Wood, Brafferton Spring. I used the training opportunity not only to brush up on technique but to also dissect the four specimens I had. The first three appeared to be males of each of the three species, so instead of November Moth aggregate x 3, I can now record singles each of November Moth, Pale November Moth and Autumnal Moth. The fourth turned out to be a female sp. which cannot be done. Although this proves that each of the three species do occur at this site there is no way of knowing the proportion of each population without a much larger sample. I am not interested in taking any more specimens at this site, just knowing and proving each occur is good enough for me.</div>
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Both of these photos were taken by iPhone down a microscope eyepiece so despite not being of the best quality they are enough to show the salient features. The photo above shows the complete male genitalia and the easiest feature is the two upper dark points on the anal plate that are well spread apart (not the pair of lower points on the valvae). Compare that with two inward pointing and much closer dark points on the plate (minus the rest of the genitalia) of what is clearly a Pale November Moth. I neglected to get a photo of the Autumnal Moth...however it is obvious in that there are no spurs at all on the valvae. </div>
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There is often uncomfortable questions asked about the validity of taking specimens. I am very conscious of all such concerns but console myself with the fact that very selective specimen taking is essential to identify some species and that conformation of presence is valuable in conservation terms. The very tiny number taken is probably far fewer than the numbers killed by driving a car at night.</div>
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I did attempt a couple of micros but it was soon very evident that my ability did not stretch to such small genitalia, so for any important micros I may still have to defer to the vastly superior expertise of Harry....</div>
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