Sunday 28 June 2015

Mostly Moths

 

First-summer Herring Gull
 
Off Maer Rocks first thing this morning -  14 common tern, 1 little tern, 1 little egret, and a first-summer mediterranean gull. Off the Imperial there were 22+ sandwich tern and 170 curlew. I  ran the moth trap last night for the first time in ages. A battered bordered straw was the only immigrant but it was good to see a decent selection of common stuff.
 

Blood Vein


Elephant Hawk Moth


Riband Wave
 

Riband Wave


Bordered Straw - on its last legs!


Clay


Iron Prominent


Green Pug


Pine Carpet


Buff Arches
 

Beautiful Hook-tip
 

Clouded Silver
 

Spectacle


Peppered Moth


Figure of Eighty
 

Bee Orchids - we were in Exeter this afternoon so I took Lu and the kids to have a quick look at these at the Pynes Hill Tesco's - well worth a little detour.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing your tea and your moths Matt. Enjoyed them both! Look forward to doing it again with more time.

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