Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Last Couple Days


Striped Hawkmoth. Also trapped on 29/7 - quite low numbers included 3 Marbled Green, 2 Silver Y, 1 Rush Veneer, 6 Small Mottled Willow, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Canary-shouldered Thorn, 1 Waved Umber and 1 Turnip.


Waved Umber. Normally a spring species - apparently a second brood is sometimes triggered by hot weather.

Orcombe Point (29/7) - 35+ Canada Geese, 2 Stonechats and 1 Yellow Wagtail. Also - a flock of c20/30 Linnets, 1 Kestrel, 1 Peregrine and 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers.
In the recycling centre - the 6cy Yellow-legged Gull.
Mudbank - 1 Redshank, 45 Whimbrel, 270+ Mallard, 69 Curlew, c50 Sandwich Terns, 2 Dunlin and a juvenile Willow Warbler.
28/7 - Orcombe Point from 0610 - 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Stonechat, c20+ House Martins and c10/20 Swallows. Also a singing male Cirl Bunting (with at least 1 female/juv present) and presumably a family party of 6 Rock Pipits.


Juvenile Kestrel - Orcombe Point 29/7/26. Juveniles of Rock Pipit, Linnet, Green Woodpecker, Robin and Song Thrush all point towards it being a pretty successful breeding season on Orcombe Point.


Small Marbled. Trapped on 28/7 along with 1 Portland Ribbon Wave, 6 Silver Y, 1 Tree-lichen Beauty, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 5 Small Mottled Willow, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 Vestal, 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Turnip Moth, 1 Cream-bordered Green Pea and 1 Jersey Mocha amongst some more regular stuff.


Jersey Mocha.


Cream-bordered Green Pea.


Common Wainscot.


Vestal.


Southern Migrant Hawker - Exminster Marshes 28/7/26. I cycled over to Exminster Marshes yesterday and found at least 5 Southern Migrant Hawkers in the dried-out ditches.



Juvenile Green Woodpecker - Orcombe Point.

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