As we enter the now annual period of SW winds from September to mid November, it is more suiting to moth trapping than seeing migrant birds. What happened to those days of easterly patterns, drift migrants and sea watching? These days we might get one week day all autumn where a few birds appear then vanish before we can get time off to see or look for any! Watch this space, 3rd week in November, ideal fall conditions but no birds left to be grounded.
So what of the moth fall back situation? Here are the highlights in the garden since my last post. Click for bigger image...
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| Straw Underwing. Not common here, almost annual. |
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| White line Dart, annual in small numbers |
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| One of those small Coleophoras that isnt mayrella. |
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| Pammene aurita, a scarce moth here |
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| Psychoides fillicivora. Only my 2nd . |
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| Bucculatrix nigricomella. A first for me. |
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| White Point. After the first for Northumberland a week earlier, this is the first for VC68. |
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| Kent Black Arches, This time an absolute first for Northumberland, both VCs 67 and 68. |
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