A mild drizzly night produced 6 moths in the trap: LBAM, November Moth, Green-brindled Crescent, and my 3rd Merveille du Jour of the week (after only 1 in the last 14 years), which I'm fairly sure is not a re-trap. New for the year were: The Satellite and Yellow-line Quaker. The year's macro list has now reached 160, the same as in the last 2 poor years.

The Satellite

 Yellow-line Quaker

 Merveille du Jour

Had my weekly trip to Dunge yesterday where we struggled to find anything new. A search of the trapping area again failed to locate a Yellow-browed Warbler. At the fishing boats a Yellow-legged Gull was with the gull roost and 2 Arctic Skuas chased a Sandwich Tern in the distance. Two Guillemots flew in and Gannets were abundant. A flock of 25 Kittiwakes also landed on the sea briefly. On the reserve we finally caught up with the Cattle Egret late afternoon. This morning the moth trap held 2 Red-green carpets , a Feathered Thorn and the second Merveille du Jour of the week. No pictures yesterday so here is the latter against an autumnal backdrop.

Merveille du Jour

Just 3 moths this morning but Blair's Shoulder-knot was new for the year.

Blair's Shoulder-knot

The milder nights recently have meant a few more moths in the trap than during September. These have inluded another Sallow, 3 Green-brindled Crescents and 2 November Moths 9 (agg.) and Acleris sparsana.. I also had my latest ever Mottled Rustic. However, this morning, I was pleased to see a Merveille du Jour on the vanes of the trap-my 2nd garden record and the first for 4 years.

 Merveille du Jour

 Green-brindled Crescent

Just 6 moths this morning, but 3 species were all new for the year: November Moth, Red-green Carpet and at last a very worn Sallow.

November Moth

 Red-green Carpet

No trap due to rain last night but I made the weekly Dunge trip today. There wasn't much on the ARC pit but in the Hanson hide I found a micro moth which was new for me: Caloptilia stigmatella. On to the Desert and Trapping Area where the Wood Lark showed well. We then spent some time unsuccessfully trying to find one of the Yellow-browed Warblers. About 10 Ring Ouzels were seen in flight arouind the area. After lunch we saw a couple of Arctic Skuas at the fishing boats with just a few Sandwich terns. A lone Common Scoter and 7 Brent Geese also flew past. Back on the RSPB Reserve the Cattle Egret showed well and another 5 Ring Ouzels flew overhead. Finally the Great White Egret showed well on Hooker's.

Caloptilia stigmatella

 Wood Lark

Great White Egret

Another mild and fairly dry night meant 9 moths this morning-my best haul for quite a while: LBAM, Monopis obviella, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, Angle Shades, Lesser Yellow Underwing, The Chestnut, and new for the year Feathered Thorn. 

 Feathered Thorn

The Chestnut

 Monopis obviella