There's not been much sign of migrant activity in the garden at
Westcott so far. I had a Silver Y on Friday night (amongst 75 moths of 27 species), nothing on Saturday night (amongst 63 moths of 20 species) and another Silver Y along with
Nomophila noctuella last night (amongst 107 moths of 30 species). Slim pickings here to date, then, although whatever is being blown in locally on former Hurricane Ophelia could still be around for a week or two yet. Here's hoping ... I'd even settle for Richard's Vestal which has been an annual sighting here for at least the last five years!
I ran a couple of traps in nearby
Finemere Wood again last night but the only thing of note was my first sighting this autumn of
Diurnea lipsiella. Figure of Eight was again out in force (33 seen) but there was nothing else significant other than a reduction in the number of hornets to "just" ten.
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| Diurnea lipsiella, Finemere Wood 15th October |
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
4 Vestal in my traps this morning
ReplyDeleteLast night one Silver Y and one Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl).
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