11 Aug 17

Chiswell
Along the Portland Beach Road close to Chiswell a female Wheatear.

Wakeham
This morning as I was checking the moths in the trap a Willow Warbler burst into song in Bumpers lane.

In the moth trap 53 moths of 18 species. As normal they will take a bit of time to ID, but here's a start with some NFG (New for garden).

Moth 1 - A female Oak Eggar, Lasiocampa quercus (1)
Moth 2 - Willow Beauty (6)
Moth 3 - Common Rustic, Mesapamea secalis (3)
Moth 4 - Small Yellow Underwing, Panemeria tenebrata (11)
Moth 5 and 14 - Square-spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa (14)
Moth 6 - Dowdy Plume, Stenoptilia zophodactylus (2)
Moth 7 - Copper Underwing, Amphipyra pyramidea (1)
Moth 8 - Pretty Chalk Carpet, Melanthia procellata (1)
Moth 9, 17 and 19 - Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (3)
Moth 10 and 13 - Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana (2)
Moth 11 and 12 -  Flounced RusticLuperina testacea (2)
Moth 15 - Marbled Green, Nyctobrya muralis (1)
Moth 16 - Marbled GreenNyctobrya muralis - slightly different variation (1)
Moth 18 - Rusty Dot Pearl, Udea ferrugalis (1)
Moth 20 - Long-winged ShadeCnephasia longana (2)
Moth 21 - Black-headed Conch, Cochylis atricapitana (1)
Moth 22 - Common Wainscot, Mythimna pallens (1)

Moth 1 - A female Oak Eggar

Moth 1 - A female Oak Eggar

Moth 1 - A female Oak Eggar

Moth 2 - Willow Beauty

Moth 3 - Common Rustic

Moth 4 - Small Yellow Underwing

Moth 5 - Square-spot Rustic

Moth 6 - Dowdy Plume

Moth 7 - Copper Underwing

Moth 8 - Pretty Chalk Carpet

Moth 9 - Double-striped Pug

Moth 10 - Light Brown Apple Moth

Moth 11 - Flounced Rustic

Moth 12 - Flounced Rustic

Moth 13 - Light Brown Apple Moth

Moth 14 - Square-spot Rustic

Moth 15 - Marbled Green

Moth 16 - Marbled Green

Moth 17 - Double-striped Pug

Moth 18 - Rusty Dot Pearl

Moth 19 - Double-striped Pug

Moth 20 - Cnephasia longana

Moth 21 - Cochylis atricapitana

Moth 22 - Common Wainscot

Caddisfly sp.