Late earliests

Over the ten years I’ve lived in the clay heart of Suffolk I’ve noticed that my garden gets off to a slow start for both flowers and moths. This season is probably the same compared with other moth bloggers’ first dates, but for me it is still a remarkably early year – most species at MV have been a week to two weeks earlier than my previous earliest. But season usually even themselves out, and I’m now seeing things only a day or two after everyone else! Over the last couple of nights I’ve recorded emperor, tawny pinion, swallow and pebble prominent, streamer, purple thorn, frosted green. Nothing new for my garden, but enough to keep things interesting.

Tony H.

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2 Responses to Late earliests

  1. Matthew Deans says:

    Well done with the Tawny Pinion. This species seems to be declining in Suffolk and I have lost it from Bawdsey.

  2. tonyhopkins says:

    Hadn’t realised the tawny pinion was declining. Is this a countywide or countrywide thing? Before this month my last record was for two in 2008. I caught my first pale pinion in 2009 and haven’t had one since.

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