With another singleton last night, I've now had six Blossom Underwings in the garden over the past week, including a pair on the 12th. From what I've seen at two of its local oak woodland sites (Finemere Wood and Bernwood Forest) the species is having a reasonable year, but to find this many in the garden trap where the closest oak woodland is over a mile away and hedgerow oaks are few and far between is quite un-precedented (I average a singleton here every other year). The species is known to migrate and as we've had easterly winds for quite a few days I wonder if some of them might be visitors from continental Europe.
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| Blossom Underwings, Westcott 12th April |
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
Hi Dave, can you blow a few of them a bit further south please! I have yet to see one.
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