A Vice County first!

This little moth from the last posting, Caloptilia stigmatella, is officially the first record for VC68, North Northumberland! Tom Tams, Moth Recorder, tells me he only has 15 records of it in total, all from the south of the county.

Get in!

Its not suprising though, is it really, its not exactly a Great White Egret. I wonder how many have been swatted over the years....

Moth Trapping last night...

Calm overcast, 8 degrees down to 1 degree with frost at dawn.

Another nice session with a few new ones -

288 Caloptilia stigmatella 1 (below) the size of a tiny midge. You could get one of these in your eye! A new species to me.

663 Diurnea fagella 1
672 Parsnip Moth 2
1746 Shoulder Stripe 2 (below)  new to me.

1917 Early Thorn 1 (below) first of the year.

2139 Red Chestnut 5
2186 Powdered Quaker 3
2187 Common Quaker 22
2188 Clouded Drab 26
2189 Twin spotted Quaker 1
2190 Hebrew Character 65

Total 129 of 11 species.

This evening as it was lovely, clear and sunny we took Bunty along the coastal path where my first 2 Sandwich Terns of the year flew North.

OFFH List 112