Another warm night produced 21 moths of 16 species. New for the year were Green Pug and a Tawny Shears, which was only my 2nd ever record and the first for 6 years. This morning I went over to East Blean Woods where the Heath Fritillaries were showing well.

Tawny Shears

 Heath Fritillary

 Heath Fritillary

Last night was  humid with a low of 13c and was by far the best night of the year so far with 35 moths of 22 species. New for the year were: Agapeta hamana, the Nut-bud Moth, an Oegoconia sp., the Hollyhock Seed Moth, Eurpean Corn-borer, Garden Grass-veneer, Mottled Beauty, Flame Shoulder, The Flame, Heart & Club, and Double Square-spot.

 European Corn-borer

 Agapeta hamana

   

17 moths of 10 species this morning. New for the year were Clouded Border and Eudonia lacustrata. On Tuesday I photographed Celypha cespitana on the Dungeness RSPB Reserve-a new species for me.

 Eudonia lacustrata

 Celypha cespitana

Still not many moths to report. On Monday I had just 2 moths in the trap, yesterday 5 and this morning 3. However this morning Pale Mottled Willow and Common Footman were both new for the year. Last week I made a brief visit to East Blean Woods and failed to see a single butterfly species. Yesterday I spent most of the day at Dunge but there were few birds of interest. The Six-spot Burnet moths were common along by the power station wall and a Common Seal was eating a flatfish at the patch.

Six-spot Burnet on Viper's-bugloss

 Common Seal

Just 6 moths of 6 species after a wet & windy night. White Ermine was new for the year.

White Ermine

The last 2 days have produced a few moth species new for the year: Buff-tip, Mottled Rustic, Esperia sulphurella, and my 3rd garden record of Scalloped Hazel which was the 1st for 8 years. Unfortunately it was a very tatty individual so no photograph.

Buff-tip

The warmest most humid night of the year so far only produced 15 moths of 11 species-not even the best night of the year. However, I did get 2nd garden records of Oak Hook-tip and Plum Tortrix, and a nice Clouded Silver which proved too lively to photograph.

Plum Tortrix

 Oak Hook-tip