I seem to have missed a monthly update for January, in which month I spent 2 weeks in South Korea. Bird pictures form this trip can be found on my Flickr site. I did no moth trapping until February due to the mainly wet weather, and the trap didn't really produce much until the last week in the month when mild conditions produced a couple of my best ever catches for the month of Feb. So the year list stands at 19, which compares to 8 at the same time last year. It has been mostly the "usual suspects" for the time of year but Twin-spotted Quaker and Yellow Horned are not ones I get every year. Interesting birds seen in Kent this year include Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Bittern.

 Bittern

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 

Yellow Horned

Twin-spotted Quaker

Well it's nearly the end of another year. During November and December just 4 species of moth have been added to the garden year list for 2025: Scarce Umber, Winter Moth, December Moth and Grey Shoulder-knot. These records bring the year list to a record 434 which has been my best year since 411 in 2020. It has also been a good year for new garden records with first records for with 22 firsts for the garden. These have included Galium Carpet, Alder Moth, Small Marbled, Light Crimson Underwing, Ni Moth and Bloxworth Snout. Birds seen in the last 2 months include a male Scaup and Purple Sandpiper. 

 

                                                                 Grey Shoulder-knot

December Moth (F)

Scaup

Purple Sandpiper

Another month has come and gone. In October I managed to add 13 of the regular Autumn species to the garden year list, which now stands at 430. New moths for the year this October included: Merveille du Jour, Brindled Green, Green-brindled Crescent and Feathered Thorn. 

 Merveille du Jour

 Brindled Green

 Green Brindled Crescent

 Feathered Thorn

 Late with my monthly report due to being away. At the end of September the year's garden moth list stood at 418, which surpasses my best ever year total of 411 in 2020. new species for the year included Pink-barred sallow, Orange sallow and Scarce Bordered Straw. Interesting birds seen in September included Arctic Skuas over Oare Marshes KWT Reserve.

 Pink-barred Sallow

 Arctic Skua

Orange Sallow 

Scarce Bordered Straw

 Another month has gone with 3 new species for the garden list in August. Best was the Ni Moth on the last day of the month. There were also 2 micros: Celypha rufana and Nemapogon koenigi. Interesting birds photographed were 2 Water Rails and Whinchats at Oare Marshes. Year list 405.

 Ni Moth

 Celyph Rufana

                                                                          Water Rails

Whinchat 

 

 

It's the 1st August and the yearly moth list stands at 362, which is better than any previous year at this stage. New records for the site in July include Light Crimson Underwing, Eudemis porphyrana, and Pediasa contaminella. Interesting birds seen in July included 100's of Manx Shearwaters from Falmouth Boat Trip. 

Light Crimson Underwing

  Eudemis porphyrana

 Pediasa contaminella

 Manx Shearwater

 

July has arrived with the recent hot weather creating a busy moth trap. Garden moth list is 289 species which is well ahead of any previous year at this stage. New species for the garden list in June were: Small Marbled, The Magpie, Balsam Carpet and the micro Eidophasia messingiella. 

 Small Marbled

 Magpie

 Balsam Carpet

Eidophasia messingiella