Trap Result 22/09/2007

Rosy Rustic
Garden Rose Tortrix
2 Light Brown Apple Moth
Common Marbled Carpet
2 Angle Shades
4 Setaceous Hebrew Character
2 Black Rustic
Square Spot Rustic
6 Large Yellow Underwing
Straw Dot
Silver Y
Beaded Chestnut
2 Common Wainscot
Dusky Thorn (only second ever)
Garden Carpet
Eudonia mercurella

Trap Result 15/09/07

Common Marbled Carpet
Double Striped Pug
Green Carpet
Garden Carpet
Large Yellow Underwing
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Flame Shoulder
Square Spot Rustic
Canary Shouldered Thorn
Barred Sallow
Beaded Chestnut (new to garden)

Quick trip around the reservoir on Saturday was largely uneventful save 2 Wigeon and 2 Pochard.

Mundesley Mothing Part 2

Saturday night had even poorer moth trap results that Friday, possibly owing to a drop in temperatures. I don't have the exact catch to hand but fair to say that it mirrored the previous evening but with less of everything. However, two nice ones early in the evening were Light Emerald and Brussels Lace. A little earlier in the day I stumbled across a Red Admiral which appeared to have just emerged. A wander down Cley's East Bank on Saturday afternoon was quite productive. Several Marsh Harrier, numerous very vocal but completely invisible Bearded Tits, Little Egret, Spotted Redshank, Sandwich Tern, Avocet, Greenshank and Black Tailed Godwit all put in an appearance. A quick walk down to the beach on Saturday afternoon gave us Gannet and Balearic Shearwater. I think there has been a bit of movement of Balearic's down the east coast of late so although not entirely unexpected, a nice bird to have.

The following morning the same stretch of sea gave up another Gannet and 7 Common Scoter.

Mundesley Mothing Part 1

A very disappointing night sadly. No migrants on what appeared to be a perfect night.

5 Angle Shades
2 Light Brown Apple Moth
Setaceous Hebrew Character
15 Large Yellow Undewing
Garden Rose Totrix
Common Wainscot
Green Carpet
Shuttle Shaped Dart
Garden Pebble
2 Lesser Yellow Underwing
Brimstone
Common Marbled Carpet
2 Snout
Rosy Rustic
Uncertain
Common Wainscot
Common/Lesser Common Rustic

Mundesley Mothing

This weekend will see me returning to the fleshpots of Mundesley on the Norfolk coast (Near Cromer). Chris Hubbard is holding his 40th birthday in an 18th Century Manor House (well, we all celebrate our b'days like this - don't we ?). It will be a great boozy weekend but the house is set in a secluded wooded garden right on the beach ! Weather forecasts appear to be excellent moth wise and I have high hopes. I will post the results when I am back.

Trap Result 01/09/07

1 Light Brown Apple Moth
Cydia splendana (new to garden)
2 Garden Carpet
Green Carpet
Double Striped Pug
Brimstone
Canary Shouldered Thorn
6 Large Yellow Underwing
9 Lesser Yellow Underwing
Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing
Angle Shades
Dark Arches