Brian and I set out 7 lights on the high ground on the 29th. This involved lugging the gear up the very steep hillside, so steep it was difficult to just walk down. No mishaps and approaching 110 species. A very warm night with little cloud cover, we began the final trap/packing up round at 11.15 but it was gone 1.15 time we left. Again the actinic Skinner did just as well as many of the mv’s. Quite early on at the sheet trap we had a very interesting moth neither of us had seen before, and identification took a long while as we were looking in the wrong books. The moth in question being Wax moth. We were also pleased to see half a dozen Hedge Rustic as we saw our first one up this way last year at Ashby. Other moths worth a mention; White-spotted Pug, a good number of Centre-barred Sallow and the frequently encountered White-point, Scorched Carpet, a few Dusky Thorn, a single Feathered Gothic and another Agonopterix exactly like the one from Wicker Well 10 days earlier which has still to be sent off for determination. Migrants were Dark Sword-grass which is still the best migrant I’ve managed to catch this year and I’ve been getting them most nights! Silver Y and Diamond-back. Great Silver Water Beetle also noted. Still waiting for some excellent migrant conditions with something good usually turning up at home September/early October.
Links
Archives
Categories
Search