Despite the heavy mist last night, the temperature was positively balmy just before nine. My three sites from earlier in the month were all moth-less as the flowers were over, but the north-facing area I had lined up back then was bursting with life, albeit in smaller numbers. Angles Shades (5), Chestnut and Yellow-lined Quaker (3 each), a beautifully fresh Satellite and what I suspect was a Common Marbled Carpet, but it evaded capture. The Satellite and quaker took my Stutton Ivy total to 22 species in just three visits.
Can I propose a friendly competition next year? Surely it can only be called The Ivy League. Simple rules – most species seen on ivy between two dates at a specific location or within a mile radius. Lets knock Yale and Harvard down a peg or two!