Quite a few moths the last few days but nothing very interesting. New for the year in this period: Pale Prominent, Old Lady, Small Phoenix. Lesser Treble-bar, and the Bud Moth. Once the rain stopped today I paid a short visit to Oare where the White-rumped Sandpiper was showing well from the hide on the East Flood. A bit too distant for photography but the flight shot shows the rump.

White-rumped Sandpiper

 White-rumped Sandpiper

 Bud Moth

Forty-nine moths of 25 species this morning. On the outside of the trap was a Black Arches, a species I've photographed elsewhere but was new for the garden list. Also new for the garden list was my first Langmaid's Yellow Underwing, which proved easier to identify that I had suspected. New for the year were A. tristella and Straw Underwing. The other day I had a minor which is probably a Cloaked Minor but might just be a Rosy Minor-picture below. I'd be grateful for any other opinions.

 Black Arches

 Minor for ID

 Langmaid's Yellow Underwing

  

Thirty-one species yesterday and 16 this morning in the trap. New for the year was a Copper Underwing. A visit to Dungeness paid off today after several weeks when my weekly visit has produced little of interest. On the ARC pit this morning there was a Wood Sandpiper, which was new for the year for me, plus 2 Green Sandpipers and a Common Sandpiper. Two Willow Warblers were heard around the Willow Trail and another 2 seen at the pines. A Great White Egret was seen from  Springfield Bridge. A Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzards and 3 or 4 Marsh Harriers were noted from the Galloways area. After lunch we tried the fishing boats but there were only a few terns offshore. However, as we trudged back to the car my friend picked up a Black Stork flying towards the power station from the west, obviously the bird that was reported over Hythe earlier in the day. It circled over the power station, where it was harried by gulls and a Peregrine, before heading off towards the RSPB Reserve. A Kent tick for me and British tick for my friend. We then visited the reserve where there were 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, a Hobby, 2 Great White Egrets and 3 Little Egrets. Finally, in the Dennis hide there was an Oak Eggar, a moth I've not had in my garden. A good day at last.

Black Stork

 Willow Warbler

 Oak Eggar

  

Twenty-eight species this morning with a Waved Black and a second P.trifaciella being the most interesting.

 Waved Black

This morning there 48 moths of 22 species with Rush Veneer new for the year and another new micro for the garden list: Euspilapteryx auroguttella. 

 Euspilapteryx auroguttella.

Fifty-four moths of 23 species this morning including 2 new ones for the garden: a very battered Small Mottled Willow and the tiny micro Phyllonorycter trifasciella. Also new for the year was Least Yellow Underwing. This afternoon I made a short visit to Oare Marshes where I was rewarded with my first Osprey in Kent for 7 years. There were also good numbers of waders on the East Flood including: 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Curlew Sandpipers, and 45 Greenshanks.

Phyllonorycter trifasciella

 Osprey

Thre very cool night for July meant a dramatic fall in moth numbers. However, this morning there were 2 species new for the year: Cypress Pug and Holly Tortrix. We've reached the end of another month. I've recorded 219 species by the end of July which compares to 228 at this stage last year, which was not the best year ever either.

Cypress Pug