A combination of frost and rain has meant much reduced moth trapping in November, which has resulted in no new species for the year being recorded in that month. So the year list stays at 349. Interesting birds seen include a Purple Sandpiper and Snow Bunting at Swalecliffe, plus up to 22 Cattle Egrets on the Dungeness RSPB Reserve.
Snow Bunting
Purple Sandpiper
I was away in Canada for the first half of the month-pictures on my Flickr site. At the end of what became a rather wet September, the garden moth list stands at 330. At the same stage last year this figure was 349. New for the year in September included a couple of the Autumn regulars: Feathered Ranunculus and Barred Sallow. Dark Spectacle was also new for the year.
Sea Otter, Vancouver Island, B.C.
We've reached September and the year's moth list stands at 323. Trapping results have improved this month and for the first time this year I'm ahead of the the 307 at the same stage last year. Records in August include 2 new macro species for the site: Porter's Rustic and Webb's Wainscot, with 2nd and 3rd records for both The Mocha and Epermenia chaerophyllella.
Porter's Rustic
Another month has gone and the garden moth list stands at 268, which is 12 fewer than the same stage last year. Interesting species in the month include my 2nd record of Scallop Shell, the first for 15 years, Scorched Wing, Peacock Moth, and Dewick's Plusia.
Peacock Moth
Dewick's Plusia
July has arrived. At the end of June the garden moth list stood at 175, which doesn't compare well to last year (not the best year year ever either), when it sttood at 222 at the same stage. However Barred Red was new for the garden list, and other interesting species included: Barred Yellow, The Festoon, Maple Prominent (2nd record), Epiblema foenella, Peach Blossom and 3 species of Clearwing-Currant, Orange-tailed and Red-belted.
Barred Red
Maple Prominent
Epiblema foenella
Orange-tailed Clearwing
At the end of May the garden moth list stands at 101for the year which compares favourably with last year with only 59 by the same stage. During the month Epiblema scutulana was a new one for the garden. I don't have many interesting bird sightings for the month in Kent, but I did go on a trip to Peru, from which more photos can be found on my Flickr site.
Epiblema scutulana
At the end of April the garden moth list has advanced to 43-a bit better than last year at this stage. A new micro for the site was Caloptilia honoratella. Interesting birds seen during April included the immature White-tailed Sea Eagle on Sheppey, the Ring Ouzel at Oare Marshes and a White Wagtail at Dungeness.
Caloptilia honoratella
At the end of March the garden moth list stands at 26 which is slightly better than the same period last year when it stood at 23. Highlight of the month was Zelleria hepariella, which was new for the site. Grey Shoulder-knot was only my 4th and the first for 10 years, and C. stigmatella is always nice to see. Best bird of the month was the Green-winged Teal at Seasalter on the 31st.
Zelleria hepariella
C. 
February brought a milder spell of weather so by the end of the month the garden moth list had reached 14, mostly consisting of the usual suspects but Tawny Pinion was only my 2nd record. There were also 2 examples of Acleris cristana and one of Acleris ferrugana/notana. I also went on a trip to South Africa during the month and pictures, mostly from the Kruger National Park, can be found on my Flickr site.
Tawny Pinion
We've reached the end of another year with 367 species of Moth recorded in the garden, which is 37 fewer than the previous year. However, there were 15 species new for the Garden List bringing it to 745. Blue-bordered Carpet was my favourite of these. Interesting birds seen in December were Great Northern and Black-throated Divers at Dungeness, Whooper and Bewick's Swans on Walland Marsh and a single Waxwing at Graveney.
Waxwing
Wild Swans
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Blue-bordered Carpet
