Moths!

A very disappointing haul this morning - I had more Birch Shieldbugs than moths - up to 30 of the little blighters!

Small Dusty Wave 1

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Box-tree Moth 5

Setaceous Hebrew Character 2

Brimstone 1

Pale Mottled Willow 1

Small Ranunculus (very late in the season) 1

Vapourer 1

(Common?) Wainscot 1

Square-spot Rustic 2

Setaceous Hebrew Character 

Hebrew Character

Vapourer

Probable Common Wainscot

Last night a Hawker dragonfly (probably a Migrant Hawker) was flying around outside the window at 19:30.

Moths!

 A great selection of new moths and old favourites in the trap this morning:

Vine's Rustic 1

Bright-line Brown-eye 2

Brimstone 2

Silver Y 1

Jersey Tiger 1

Copper Underwing agg. 3

Barred Hook-tip 1

Spectacle 1

Yellow-barred Brindle 1

Box-tree Moth 1

Angle Shades 1

Cabbage Moth 1

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1

Cochylimorpha straminea 1

Tachystola acroxantha 1

Lesser Yellow Underwing 3

Large Yellow Underwing 3

Marbled Beauty 3

White-shouldered House Moth 1

Square-spot Rustic 1

Double-striped Pug 1

Also a Honey Bee and a Common Wasp!

Jersey Tiger

Spectacle

Yellow-barred Brindle

Barred Hook-tip

Moths! (and a spider)

 A very nice collection of some quite unusual moths in the trap this morning, some of which I've only caught onece or twice before. I was also surprised to find a Tube-web Spider hiding in my curtains! 

Box Tree Moth 1

Heart and Dart 2

Small Ranunculus 2

Buff Ermine 2

Privet Hawkmoth 1

Coronet 1

Iron Prominent 1

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1

Large Yellow Underwing 3

Heart and Club 2

Grey/Dark Dagger 1

Marbled Beauty 1

Dark Arches 2

Vapourer 1

Poplar Grey 1

Rustic/Uncertain 1

Pug sp. 1

Ermine sp (probably Bird Cherry Ermine) 2

Poplar Grey

Small Ranunculus

Privet Hawkmoth

Vapourer

Tube-web Spider

Moths!

The moth trap had a bit of variety this morning. A Small Rivulet was a first. 

Common Wainscot 1

Marbled Green 1

Box Tree Moth 3

Heart and Dart 6

Swallow-tailed Moth 1

Common Footman 3

Silver Y 1

Bright-line Brown-eye 2

Large Yellow Underwing 2

Rustic/Uncertain 2

Coronet 3

Small Rivulet 1

Riband Wave 1

Dark Arches 2

Bird-cherry Ermine 1

Probable Clay 1

Two or three Water Boatmen were hanging around the trap!

Common Wainscot

Small Rivulet

Riband Wave

Bird-cherry Ermine

Dark Arches

Coronet

Swallow-tailed Moth

Water Boatman

Moths!

 A few more moths in the trap this morning:

Miller 1

Scarlet Tiger 2

Heart and Dart 7

Box Moth 2

Garden Pebble 1

Bee Moth 1

Riband Wave 3

Flame 2

Marbled Minor agg. 3

Large Yellow Underwing 1

Setaceous Hebrew Character 1

Heart and Club 1

Vine's Rustic/Rustic/Uncertain agg. 1

Silver Y 1

Buff Ermine 2

Yellow-spot Tortrix 1

Codling Moth 1

Willow Beauty 1

Red-barred Tortrix 1

Acleris forsskaleana 1

Chrysoteuchia culmella 2+

Yponomeuta sp. 2

Eudonia sp. (probably E. lacustrata) 1

Pug sp. (very worn) 1

Riband Wave

Scarlet Tiger

Yellow-spot Tortrix

Large Yellow Underwing

Box Moth

The Miller

Silver Y

Moths!

This morning the main interest in the trap was provided by the intruders rather than the moths themselves. Among the weird stuff was a probable Water Boatman, loads of tiny beetles (Helophorus?) and a Cranefly.

Heart and Dart 15

The Miller 1

Bright-line Brown-eye 1

Knot Grass 1

Scarlet Tiger 4

Brimstone 1

Bee Moth 1

Tachystola acroxantha 1

Pug sp. 1

Birch Shieldbug 3

Harlequin

Tipula vernalis

Probable Water Boatman

Possible Helophorus beetles

Crab Spider Philodromus

Scarlet Tiger

Birch Shieldbug

The Miller

Brimstone Moth

Water Boatman?

Bright-line Brown-eye

Helophorus?

Knot Grass

Moths!

Despite the promising cloudy and muggy weather forecast for last night, catch was rather disappointing. A Rustic Shoulder-knot was a first, though.😀 

Angle Shades 1 

Rustic Shoulder-knot 1

Heart and Dart 10

Garden Pebble 1

Willow Beauty 1

Uncertain/Rustic agg. 1

White Ermine 1

Bee Moth 1

Angle Shades

Garden Pebble

Rustic Shoulder-knot

Willow Beauty

Moths!

 I put the trap out for the first time in months last night! The following moths decided to pay me a visit:

Lime Hawkmoth 1

Oak Hook Tip (my first ever) 1

Treble Lines 1

Heart and Dart 3

Knot Grass 1

Cabbage Moth 1

Peppered Moth 1

Shuttle-shaped Dart 1

Vine's Rustic 1

Brown House Moth 1

The intruders included my first ever Mayfly (a Green Drake)! How it turned up in the middle of Montpelier I don't know! Also a few Birch Shieldbugs.

Lime Hawkmoth

An upside down Oak Hook Tip

Treble Lines

Knot Grass

Cabbage Moth

Peppered Moth

Vine's Rustic

Green Drake Mayfly

 

Robin!

 In the last couple of weeks a pair of Robins have been busily nesting in the garden. I think I know the general location of the nest. Also a pair of Woodpigeons are nesting nearby.

Bee-utiful Montpelier!

 There were lots of bees and hoverflies to enjoy this morning - it was a pollinator paradise! In Fairlawn Road I was delighted to spot my first Hairy-footed Flower Bee and Common Carder Bee of the year. Nearby at the top of St Andrews Road there were two mining bee - Gwynne's Mining Bee and Grey-patched Mining Bee. There were two different hoverflies - Syrphus and Eristalis pertinax. A Harlequin Ladybird was hiding under a leaf. It was good to see Herb Robert and Ivy-leaved Toadflax in flower.

Herb Robert

Hairy-footed Flower Bee

Grey-patched Mining Bee

Gwynne's Mining Bee

Common Carder Bee

Ivy-leaved Toadflax

At the station there was a singing Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff - these will have only just arrived from Africa. Also a singing Blackcap and a Long-tailed Tit.

Chiffchaff