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| Sunrise over the College Valley |
We were entertained by roding Woodcock until the moths came in at about midnight, and the first Skylark began singing at 3.16am....
We managed several good county species, best being Barred Umber with only 5 previous records until last in 1971. We had 8. Plus another 3 new species for me.
See below for the catch...
Taxa
0228 Monopis weaverella 1
1301 Crambus lathoniellus 1
1722 Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designata) 7
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| Striped Twin-spot Carpet |
1759 Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata) 11
1760 Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata) 1
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| Autumn Green Carpet |
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| BBC |
1778 May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata) 55
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 6
1846 Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata) 2
1851 Golden-rod Pug (Eupithecia virgaureata) 1
1857 Dwarf Pug (Eupithecia tantillaria) 2
1887 Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata) 2
1902 Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata) 39
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| Barred Umber |
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 9
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 7
1918 Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunularia) 6
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 6
1931 Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) 2
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| Grey Birch |
1955 Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria) 2
1981 Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) 4
2000 Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius) 1
2003 Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac) 1
2006 Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) 2
2008 Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina) 3
2011 Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina) 4
2060 White Ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) 10
2102 Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) 7
2158 Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina) 3
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| Glaucous Shears |
2250 Dark Brocade (Blepharita adusta) 2
2289 Knot Grass (Acronicta rumicis) 4
2302 Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea) 1
2305 Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) 11
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 4
2425 Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli) 4
2434 Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) 1
2450 Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) 3
251 Moths of 42 species
6 comments:
If you describe that part of Northumberland as remote, then down here we would have that area marked on a map as 'Here be dragons'. I would have had five macro ticks there Stewart. Envious.
Four macro ticks there for me as well (and two of those aren't even in bold text on your list!). Sadly, Glaucous Shears is probably extinct now here in VC55 - it was always on the edge here but we've failed to record it at the only known site over the last few years.
I wonder how your catch would compare with the same effort in the same place 10 years ago ?
Steve - I'm glad we still have some wild places to visit up here.
Mark - We were trapping with an ex contact of yours - George Dodds. He was even using a mark1 Skev trap!
Warren - Ah well, or even before the industrial revolution, now then there WILL have been a lot of insects...
Now I'm very jealous - no wonder you don't want to come to Swindon. Not a mother, but rodding woodcock in the College Valley - such stuff are dreams made of
Andrew -
The roding woodcock is not hard to find up here in the right habitats, but always a treat to see, slow flapping and 'tisswicking' right over our heads...
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