Moffs!

Last night I set up the moth trap and caught the following:
Riband Wave 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Double-striped Pug 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Heart and Dart 22
Lime Hawkmoth 1
Ptycholoma lecheana 1
Treble Lines 1
Marbled Minor agg. 2
Peppered Moth 1
Eudonia mercurella (NEW) 1
Brown House Moth 1
Vine's Rustic 1

Peppered Moth

Riband Wave

Lime Hawkmoth

Eudonia mercurella

Double-striped Pug

Garden birds seen today included Woodpigeon, Robin, House Sparrow and Blue Tit.

Woodpigeon

Moffs!

The moth trap produced very few moths this morning but there were three new species for me!
Iron Prominent 1 (new)
Powdered Quaker 1 (new)
Muslin Moth 2 (new)
Angle Shades 1
Hebrew Character 1
Double-striped Pug 1
Tachystola acroxantha 3+

Muslin Moth

Tachystola acroxantha

Angle Shades

Hebrew Character

Double-striped Pug

Powdered Quaker

Iron Prominent

Wrens, robins and moths!

I was up at the crack of dawn this morning (well, 8.30ish) and thought I'd check out Montpelier Park as part of my exercise walk. There was no sign of any Willow Warblers but plenty of Blackbirds and a singing Wren which showed well.

Wren

In the garden a Robin was carrying food so it obviously has young in the nest.

Robin

My first moth-trapping session of the year produced:
Early Grey 6
Double-striped Pug 1
Brindled Pug 1
Hebrew Character 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Bee Moth 1
Common Quaker 1

Hebrew Character

Early Grey

Common Quaker

Brindled Pug

There was also a Chironomid fly (Non-biting Midge) in the trap.

Non-biting Midge

Moths!

I put up the moth trap last night and was delighted to find some moths this morning (I never raise my hopes too much). Some of them were new species for my flat:
Shuttle-shaped Dart
Brindled Beauty
Hebrew Character
Knot Grass
Brimstone
Muslin Moth
Common Quaker
Brindled Pug
Double-striped Pug
Light Brown Apple Moth

There was also a 10-spot Ladybird and a Green Lacewing!

Brindled Beauty

Brimstone

Brindled Pug

Double-striped Pug

Hebrew Character

Knot Grass

Light Brown Apple Moth

Muslin Moth

10-spot Ladybird

Common Quaker

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Moths!

A slightly better showing this morning including my first ever Box Tree Moth which is an invasive species from Asia but very few records for Bristol.
Small Dusty Wave 2
Double-striped Pug 6
Lesser Broad-bordered Lesser Underwing 1
Marbled Beauty 1
Willow Beauty 5
Large Yellow Underwing 15
Copper/Svensson's Copper Underwing 1
Box Tree Moth 1
Angle Shades 1
Mint Moth 2
Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
Riband Wave 1
Carcina quercana 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Argyresthia goedartella 1

Also a Green Lacewing, Ichneumon sp. and Harlequin Ladybird.

Angle Shades

Box Tree Moth

Argyresthia goedartella

Double-striped Pug

Marbled Beauty

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Large Yellow Underwing

Riband Wave

Willow Beauty

Moths!

A slightly better collection of moths this morning:
Marbled Beauty 2
Flame Shoulder 1
Small Blood-vein 1 (a 'first'!)
Heart and Dart 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Silver Y 1
Double-striped Pug 1

plus the Australian micro-moth Tachystola acroxantha.

Double-striped Pug

Flame Shoulder

Heart and Dart

Tachystola acroxantha

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Small Blood-vein

Also a Common Froghopper!

Common Froghopper

Silver Y

Moths!

Woeful results with the trap again last night -
Silver Y 1
Mint Moth 1
Marbled Beauty 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Double-striped Pug 1

Harlequin Ladybird 2

Brimstone

Harlequin

Light Brown Apple Moth

Marbled Beauty

Mint Moth

Double-striped Pug

Silver Y