One of two Feathered Ranunculus trapped last night. Also - Large Ranunculus, 3 Delicate, 15 Rusty Dot Pearl, Portland Ribbon Wave, 2 Four-spotted Footman, at least 10 L-album Wainscot, 3 Silver Y, 1 or 2 White-point, 1 Diamond-back Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Lunar Underwing, Vine's Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, Willow Beauty, Garden Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Light Brown Apple Moth, Garden Rose Tortrix, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Gold Triangle, Angle Shades, Small Dusty Wave, Double-striped Pug, Brimstone Moth, Mother of Pearl, Snout, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Vapourer, Rosy Rustic, Narrow-winged Grey, Coastal Pearl, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer, Light Emerald, Southern Bell and Ruddy Streak. Thirty-seven species is not too bad for the time of year but I was kind of expecting a few more migrants, following the warm southerly breeze.
The rain doesn't appear to have dropped very much in the way of migrants, with just 4+ Chiffchaff, a couple Blackcap, c20+ Meadow Pipit and the Golden Plover on Orcombe Point between heavy showers. Nearby, off the seafront - 50+ Sandwich Tern.
Off Mudbank - c12+ Turnstone, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Mediterranean Gull, c30/40+ Pintail, c300+ Wigeon, 1 Greenshank and 162 Brent Geese, at least a quarter of which were Pale-bellied birds.
Good to bump in to Mike (Greylake Birder) today, and to meet Cilla doing the WeBS count.
Good to bump in to Mike (Greylake Birder) today, and to meet Cilla doing the WeBS count.
Three Delicate trapped last night.
Rusty Dot Pearl - one of 15 trapped. An immigrant species.
One of two Four-spotted Footman trapped last night.
Lesser Yellow Underwing. I'm seeing quite a few of these at the moment but I rarely photograph them. This one was quite nicely marked.
Red Clover - I think.
The Golden Plover is still sneaking around the top fields on Orcombe Point.
Vapourer - I see these day-flying now and again but very rarely trap them.
Mother of Pearl
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