Following on from Tom Stevenson's brilliant discovery at Benson, Oxon the other day which was a first for VC23 (see here), I was amazed to find a Rest Harrow Aplasta ononaria sitting next to the garden MV at 4am this morning! As a UK resident this Red Data Book species is confined to a couple of colonies in Kent so this may well have been a visitor from Europe and needless to say it was a first for VC24. It also shows the wisdom of getting up before the birds because, sitting in the grass, this would for sure have been part of a Robin's breakfast and I would have been none the wiser of its visit. Other migrants here from amongst 95 species were Plutella xylostella Diamond-back Moth (1), Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer (3) & Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon (3).
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| Rest Harrow, Westcott 13th August |
Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks
Superb! Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Peter. That's probably exhausted my luck for 2022 - pity I seem to have missed out on the Striped Hawk-moth invasion but it gives me something to look forward to another year!
DeleteStill a chance yet (that's what I keep telling myself anyway).
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