Ivy still coming up trumps!

The last 2 nights have again produced good counts on the Ivy patch here at my house, with 18sp recorded on the 3rd and 17sp recorded last night (after our not so successful visit to Little Blakenham), with good numbers of some of the species like the Chestnut, Lunar underwing and Red-green carpet noted. Highlights on the 17th included Tawny speckled pug, Sallow, Pink-barred sallow (5), Barred sallow, Orange sallow (2), Satellite (first for the autumn), Dark sword-grass, Red-line quaker (again another first for the autumn) and L-Album wainscot. Highlights last night included Merveille du jour (first for the autumn), Barred sallow (2), Pink-barred sallow, Orange sallow, Yellow-line quaker (first again) and Brindled green (2).
Patch is just now starting to show signs of going over so won’t be good for much longer, be back to running a trap again, just haven’t bothered recently as the Ivy has certainly been much more productive for me.

Neil

Dark sword-grass

Pink-barred sallow

Orange sallow

Merveille du Jour

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