Another nice migrant

I expected a reasonable return in the garden last night because the temperature remained at about 14C until dawn, although as expected I got a bit wet when closing up the traps at 4am this morning because it coincided with the arrival here of rain.  Sure enough, more than 90 species were recorded but only three were new for the garden year list, comprising Leopard Moth, Brown-line Bright-eye and this smart little migrant Small Marbled Eublemma parva. 

Small Marbled, Westcott 28th June

It has been seen here once before (3rd July 2015 as a county first) and there were a handful of subsequent records for Bucks during the influxes of 2015 and 2019.  With a wing length of barely 8mm it could easily be over-looked by those who choose to ignore the micros! 

Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks