Saturday 13 June 2015

Migrants at Fernham





An amazing migrant night in Fernham (VC22) last night: 1 Vestal, 4 Small Mottled Willow, 3 Bordered Straw and 1 Ni Moth. Plus 38 Diamond-back (xylostella), 1 Rusty-dot (ferrugalis), 10 Rush Veneer (noctuella) & 80 Silver Y. Also over 100 Straw Dot, 200 Small Square-spot and 50 Clouded Silver, which may be immigrants.

3 comments:

  1. Amazing! Who needs to go to the coast when you can get results like this inland?!

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  2. Well Steve that makes me confident I'm not missing any Striped Hawkmoths - if you're not getting them they're probably not here yet :). I had Bordered Straw at Didcot last night along with Diamond-back Moth. The night before at Hitchcopse Pit I had a single Bordered Straw, Small Mottled Willow, Silver Y, several Rush Veneer and several Diamond-back Moth, but nothing like those numbers of any species. Crazy. Still cutting off the blood supply to my finger tips crossing them so hard hoping for a Striped Hawkmoth.

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  3. Thanks Dave and Marc.

    I found a nice mowed field nr Fernham, with wide views to the SW, so I'm looking forward to trapping here over the year.

    Funny that Marc as I was thinking surely I'm going to get a Striped Hawk tonight with all these migrants, but no. I did get one the night before in Swanage though.

    I've never witnessed waves of migrants pouring in at an inland site before - an amazing sight.

    That's the last time I do two all nighter's in a row, my body can't cope any more!

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