Once it became clear that the site would avoid the forecast heavy showers, on Thursday night I made my July visit to the National Trust's Ashridge Estate, running a couple of lights on the west side of Ivinghoe Beacon. It was quite a reasonable session, with each trap catching around 100 species and there was a fair bit of variety between the two, but it seemed to be quite a slow three hours and no moths were present in any significant numbers. The only surprise, and one of the first to arrive, was this smart Jersey Tiger.
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| Jersey Tiger, Ivinghoe Beacon 26th July |
Most of the expected chalk grassland moths for this time of year did turn up, including such nice species as
Agonopterix kaekeritziana,
Acompsia cinerella,
Oncocera semirubella, Pimpinel Pug, Annulet, Antler Moth, Rosy Minor & Small Purple-barred.
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| Agonopterix kaekeritziana, Ivinghoe Beacon 26th July |
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| Annulet, Ivinghoe Beacon 26th July |
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| Rosy Minor, Ivinghoe Beacon 26th July |
Dave Wilton
Westcott, Bucks
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