Thursday, 31 July 2014

St Abb's Super Spring...

Time quick flash back to way back in the spring…

Collard Flycatcher, Icterine Warbler, GW Teal, Red-backed Shrike, Bee eater x2, White-Billed Diver and Subalpine Warbler… Just some of what turned up around St Abb’s Head this spring. Probably the best spring since I started here in 2011.
Since 2011 five new birds have been added to the St Abb’s list; Spoonbill, Sardinian Warbler, Red Kite, GW Teal and Collared Flycatcher… Bring on the next…



 
 
Will update soon with recent sightings... (been fairly quiet though).

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Moth up!


Had the 125W Robinson Trap out last night...

Map-winged Swift
Hepialus fusconebulosa
0018
1
Pandemis cerasana
0970
1
Eurrhypara hortulata
1376
1
Pleuroptya ruralis
1405
2
Large Emerald
Geometra papilionaria
1666
1
Small Fan-footed Wave
Idaea biselata
1702
8
Silver-ground Carpet
Xanthorhoe montanata
1727
2
Garden Carpet
Xanthorhoe fluctuata
1728
1
Common Carpet
Epirrhoe alternata
1738
1
Phoenix
Eulithis prunata
1754
1
Barred Straw
Eulithis pyraliata
1758
1
Brown-line Bright-eye
Mythimna conigera
1775
1
Small Rivulet
Perizoma alchemillata
1803
3
Magpie Moth
Abraxas grossulariata
1884
1
Brimstone Moth
Opisthograptis luteolata
1906
1
Swallow-tailed Moth
Ourapteryx sambucaria
1922
3
Light Emerald
Campaea margaritata
1961
4
Poplar Hawk-moth
Laothoe populi
1981
2
Coxcomb Prominent
Ptilodon capucina
2008
1
Muslin Footman
Nudaria mundana
2038
1
Garden Tiger
Arctia caja
2057
1
Flame Shoulder
Ochropleura plecta
2102
1
Large Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba
2107
27
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Noctua janthe
2111
2
True Lover's Knot
Lycophotia porphyrea
2118
1
Double Square-spot
Xestia triangulum
2128
6
Dotted Clay
Xestia baja
2130
2
Six-striped Rustic
Xestia sexstrigata
2133
6
Cabbage Moth
Mamestra brassicae
2154
1
Bright-line Brown-eye
Lacanobia oleracea
2160
1
Antler Moth
Cerapteryx graminis
2176
3
Clay
Mythimna ferrago
2193
4
Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna impura
2198
5
Common Wainscot
Mythimna pallens
2199
8
Dark Dagger
Acronicta tridens
2283
2
Dark Arches
Apamea monoglypha
2321
26
Marbled Minor
Oligia strigilis
2337
1
Common Rustic
Mesapamea secalis
2343
7
Burnished Brass
Diachrysia chrysitis
2434
5
Plain Golden Y
Autographa jota
2443
3
Snout
Hypena proboscidalis
2477
47


196 moths of 40 species


Large Emerald Campaea margaritata
Garden Tiger Arctia caja




Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis cerasana

Finally the confusingly named...


Brown-line Bright-eye Mythimna conigera
Bright-Line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Top Mothing!

Last few nights mothing…

4th July 2014
125 Watt Mercury Vapour home-made Robinson Trap
Location. Clearing in mixed deciduous woodland St Abb’s Head

18 Map-winged Swift Hepialus fusconebulosa - 1
1652 Peach Blossom Thyatira batis - 1
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata - 5
1727 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata - 10
1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata – 1
1738 Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata - 1
1758 Barred Straw Eulithis pyraliata- 2
1762 Dark Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta citrate- 1
1776 Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2
1803 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata - 1
1887 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata - 1
1894 Latticed Heath Chiasmia clathrata - 1
1906 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata- 2
1931 Peppered Moth Biston betularia - 1
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria - 6
1941 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata - 4
1955 Common White Wave Cabera pusaria - 1
1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata - 4
1962 Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria - 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi - 1
1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor - 1
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina - 1
2060 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda - 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba - 32
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis - 11
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta - 23
2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum- 4
2098 The Flame Axylia putris - 1
2120 Ingrailed Clay Diarsia mendica - 6
2123 Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi - 8
2118 True Lover's Knot Lycophotia porphyrea - 1
2122 Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea- 3
2128 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum - 6
2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea - 2
2192 Brown-line Bright-eye Mythimna conigera - 6
2193 The Clay Mythimna ferrago - 7
2199 Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens - 9
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha - 47
2305 Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara - 1
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle Apamea crenata - 1
2330 Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa- 2
2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis– 18
2434 Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis - 11
2442 Beautiful Golden Y Autographa pulchrina - 5
2443 Plain Golden Y Autographa jota - 1
2450 The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita - 6
2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis - 28
2474 Straw Dot Rivula sericealis - 10
2489 The Fan-foot Zanclognatha tarsipennalis – 1
300 Moths of 49 Species.
 

Peach Blossom    Top Moth!
 
5th July 2014
6 Watt Actinic Heath Trap
Location- Mixed deciduous woodland St Abb’s Head
18 Map-winged Swift Hepialus fusconebulosa – 2
1728 Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuate- 1 
1702 Small Fan-footed Wave Idaea biselata – 1
1722 Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata – 1
1727 Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata – 2
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria – 3
1941 Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata – 3
1962 Barred Red Hylaea fasciaria – 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi – 1
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina – 3
2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum- 3
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis – 1
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta – 4
2122 Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea- 2
2128 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum – 3
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba – 31
2193 The Clay Mythimna ferrago – 1
2330 Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa- 2
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha – 13
2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis– 6
2450 The Spectacle Abrostola tripartita – 2
2477 The Snout Hypena proboscidalis – 2
 
88 Moths of 22 Species
 
Poplar Hawk-moth     The Beast!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5th July 2014
22 Watt Actinic circular home-made bucket trap
Location- Mixed deciduous woodland St Abb’s Head
 
1803 Small Rivulet Perizoma alchemillata – 1
1887 Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata – 1
1937 Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria – 1
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi – 1
2008 Coxcomb Prominent Ptilodon capucina – 1
2087 Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum- 1
2089 Heart & Dart Agrotis exclamationis – 1
2102 Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta – 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba – 1
2123 Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi – 4
2176 Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis- 1 
2321 Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha – 5
2330 Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa- 3
2337 Marbled Minor Oligia strigilis– 5
27 Moths of 14 Species
 
Spectacle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feel free to point out any obvious dodgy records…