Not a lot to report yesterday with only 21 moths and Endotricha flammeolis new for the year. This morning was better with 18 species including: Dingy Footman, Smoky Wainscot, Ruby Tiger, Eucosma cana and Chinese Character all new for the year.

Chinese Character

 Ruby Tiger

Only 12 moths yesterday morning with Small Fan-footed Wave new for the year. This morning was better with 30 moths of 22 species. New for the year were: The Engrailed, Anania coronata, and my second ever records of Small Yellow Wave and the tiny Apple Leaf-Miner.

Small Yellow Wave

 Apple Leaf-Miner

Yesterday morning a disappointing 11 moths in the trap, however Athrips mouffetella was new for the garden. This morning was better with 32 moths, most of which were micros. Waved Black was the 2nd of the year. New for the year were Dingy Footman, Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix, the Brambleshoot Moth, Gelechis senticetella, and Agonopterix alstromeriana. Best of all were another 2 new micros for the garden list: Bucculatrix nigricomella and Apotomis betuletana.

Waved Black

 Agonopterix betuletana

Athrips mouffetella

 Agonopterix alstromeriana

    

The Moth trap has been somewhat disappointing of late for the time of year. I can get 50 to 100 moths in July. Yesterday there were 12. This morning a slightly better total of 31 of 17 species with Lesser Broad-bordered Underwing and Ringed China-mark new for the year. Also in the trap this morning was Volucella zonaria, the Hornet-mimic Hoverfly (Photo form my archives)

 Ringed China-mark

 Volucella zonaria

On Friday afternoon I had a look for Dragonflies in the Chambers Wall area at Reculver, where there were a few Small Red-eyed Damselflies among the common ones. No "Emeralds" were seen. Saturday morning produced the best moth catch of the year so far with 47 moths of 25 species. New for the year were V-pug, Poplar Grey (or is it a Knot Grass?), Mother of Pearl, Buff Arches, Common Rustic, Wormwood Pug, Gold Triangle, Cochylis hybridella. This morning there were only 9 species after a wet night with P. binaevella new for the year.

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

 Poplar Grey

Yesterday morning Batia lunaris and Holly Tortrix were new for the year. Then I spent the day at Dunge where it was very quiet birdwise with a solitary Hobby,  couple of singing Lesser Whitethroats and a few Sand Martins the main interest. At the ARC Pit we photographed a newly emerged Emperor Dragonfly and the macropterous form of a female Roesel's Bush-cricket. I also saw my first Ruddy Darters and Gatekeepers of the year. Brown Hawkers were also fairly common. This morning the trap produced 35 moths of 19 species with The Fern and Yellow Shell both new for the year.

Emperor Dragonfly

 Roesel's Bush-cricket

Ruddy Darter

The last day of June produced 16 moths of 9 species with nothing new for the year. A second brood Early Thorn and a Clouded Border were the most interesting. I can't believe we're already half-way through the year. So after 6 months I've recorded 137 species in the garden compared to only 95 at this stage last year. However this year's figure is still way behind my best year of 2011 when I recorded 161 species in the first 6 months.

Early Thorn

 Clouded Border