Friday 30 August 2013

Red-backed Shrike and Citrine Wagtail

The above were two birds I was hoping to see/find but didn't.

The first was the Red-backed Shrike seen near the Pleasure Beach Car park on Wednesday, spent 40mins or so looking for it but all I could muster was 9 Wheatears below is one of them.
 
I had a small amount of time between meetings on Thursday so popped to Kelling Water Meadows. I like strolling down the track and looking at the scrape at the end. I was hoping to find (re-locate) the Citrine Wagtail that had been at Weyborne the previous day. Plenty of juv Wagtails to sift through but I couldn't make any of them a Citrine. Did see a Spotted Flycatcher on the walk back which was nice. Also saw a large flock of Goldfinch (one below).

 
 
I also ran the moth trap on the night of the 28th, Caught 31 species, 24 Macro and 7 Micro added two new species detailed below and caught a total of 167 moths.
 
Brimstone Moth 2
Cabbage Moth 3
Common Marbled Carpet 1
Common Rustic 5
Copper Underwing 7
Dark Arches 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Flame Shoulder 5
Flounced Rustic 8
Garden Carpet 3
Large Yellow Underwing 41
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow 2
Nutmeg 1
Old Lady 1
Pale Mottled Willow 1 (NEW)



Riband Wave
Setaceous Hebrew Character 4
Shuttle-shaped Dart 6
Small Square-spot 3
Square-spot Rustic 33
Swallow Prominent 1 (NEW)


 
Uncertain 1
Brown House Moth 1
Common Grass-veneer 4
Common Grey 1
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer 4
Garden Pebble 3
Light Brown Apple Moth 10
Mother or Pearl 2
 
 


Tuesday 27 August 2013

Italian? Sparrow and you guessed it ...more moths

Went to see the smart looking Sparrow hybrid (even if it is Italian isn't that just a hybrid anyway?)

Here are some poor pictures but a better video.


 
 


Ran the trap in the garden again last night (26/8) only one new moth caught but I need manage a snap of the old lady.

As always here are the full details.

Brimstone 2
Common Rustic 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Flame Shoulder 9
Flounced Rustic 4
Garden Carpet 4
Large Yellow Underwing 15
Lesser Broad-boarded Yellow Underwing 3
Mouse Moth 1
Nutmeg 2
Old Lady 1

Orange Swift 1
Phoenix 1 (NEW)

Rustic 2
Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Small Square-spot 3
Square Spot Rustic 14
Tawny Specled Pug 2
Willow Beauty 11
Yellow Shell 2
Yellow-barred Brindle 1
Brown House Moth 3
Common Grass Veneer 3
Common Plume 1
Diamond Back Moth 1
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer 13
Garden Grass-veneer 3
Garden Pebble 3
Light Brown Apple Moth 4
Mother of Pearl 3
Pearl Veneer 1


Patch Migrants and Moth list reaches it 200th

What a fantastic weekend reading the pager, I was to busy to head anywhere to far (as no lifers found) but all these birds must mean something good on the patch?

I have neglected the patch recently using it to jog on rather than looking for birds. Yesterday I had a small window of opportunity between collect the moth trap from my dads (will give full list below) and getting ready for a BBQ in the afternoon with the in-laws. 

I still went for a jog but took a different route with my Bins, on route the best bird seen, a Wryneck it was in a hedgerow/field which I spooked with the car as I drove along. 

Other highlights were Pied Fly, Whinchat and Redstart all around Trimingham.

But earlier than this I had ran the Moth trap at Dads and had quiet a haul of moths.

172 Moths caught with 41 species in total of which 30 were Macro and 11 Micro, I had 5 new moths in total. Full details with pictures of the best (well the new ones) below.


Black Arches 1 (NEW)


Bulrush Wainscot 1 (NEW)

Cloaked Minor 2
Common Footman 1
Common Rustic 19
Common Wainscot 1
Copper Underwing 1
Dark Arches 1
Dingy Footman 1
Dun-bar 1
Flame Shoulder 12
Flounced Rustic 14
Garden Carpet 1
Ingrailed Clay 4 (NEW)


Large Yellow Underwing 12
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 19
Nutmeg 3
Rosy Minor 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 7
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Silver Y 2
Small Square-spot 4
Spectacle 1
Square-spot Rustic 6
Straw Dot 1
Tawny Speckled Pug 3
Uncertain 1
Vine's Rustic 1


White-point 2 (NEW)


Common Grass-veneer 1
Common Plume 1
Dingy Dowd 3
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 2
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer 4
Garden Pebble 4
Garden Rose Tortrix 3
Mother of Pearl 17 (Seventeen) 
Rosy Tabby 1
Small Grey 1
Wainscot Smudge 2 (NEW)


Wednesday 21 August 2013

Moth list up to 199 - I wonder what 200 will be?

That is a combined list of 140 Macro and 59 Micro after last nights (20/08) trapping, as always the results are below.

As for the 200th will it be on the next trapping? I seem to get a new moth every time I run it. There must be a point where your garden stops giving you regular new moths but what would that total be, the garden list is only 14 behind (126 Marco 59 Micro) when will that reach 200?

The irony is that I may already be on 200 as I have past photographs of moths that I have yet to id.

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
Common Grass-veneer 19
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer 4
Garden Grass-veneer  1
Garden Pebble 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Moth of Pearl 1
Pearl Veneer 8
Spindle Ermine 1 (NEW)

Antler Moth 1 (NEW)

Common Rustic 13
Copper Underwing 8
Flame Shoulder 1
Flounced Rustic 11
Large Yellow Underwing 9
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 10
Lesser Yellow Underwing 6
Lesser Common Rustic 3
Lime-speck Pug 1
Magpie Moth 1 (NEW TO GARDEN) - The picture is one I took earlier (in Bacton 10/8)

Mouse Moth 1 - a better picture than the last below

Old Lady 1 - (NEW) - it caused a breeze as it flew past last night, it settled for a few seconds before I could catch it and photograph, a huge moth. (1 of only 2 not photographed)
Nutmeg 8
Orange Swift 2
Scalloped Oak 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 30
Silver Y  7
Single-dotted Wave 1
Square-spot Rustic 3
Tawny Speckled Pug 2
White-spotted Pug 1
Willow Beauty 5
Yellow Shell 1

Tuesday 20 August 2013

An 'Up to date' update

It's fantastic that I am finally up to date (with my moths at least) so I can write this in almost real-time.
This is the results of last nights trap, a odd night where temperatures dropped quickly and a large moon shone.
Five new moths and one extra new to the garden.

Chequered Grass-veneer 2
Common Grass-veneer  33
Dark-triangle Button 1 (NEW)


Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer 2 (NEW)





Garden Grass-veneer  1
Garden Pebble 1
Grass-veneer 2
Pearl Veneer 5
Pearl Grass-Veneer 1
Pied Smudge 1 (NEW)

Pine Leaf-mining Moth 1
Common Rustic 12
Copper Underwing 2
Dark Arches 1
Double-striped Pug 1
Dun-bar 1
Flame Shoulder 3
Flounced Rustic 7
Heart and Club 1 (NEW)

Knot Grass 1
Large Yellow Underwing 6
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 15
Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
Lesser Common Rustic 5
Nutmeg 3
Orange Swift 1
Pebble Prominent 1 (NEW)

Red Twin-spot Carpet 5
Riband Wave 2
Rustic 2
Scalloped Oak 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 26
Silver Y  15
Square-spot Rustic 1
Svensson's Copper Underwing 1 (NEW)


Tawny Speckled Pug 2 (NEW TO GARDEN)
Willow Beauty 2

Monday 19 August 2013

All Moths Up to Date - Some real good'ns

In no particular order and using common name. Caught using trap and now a UV bulb, ran all night unless stated and all in the garden except one.

This is a summary of the period from 29th July to 17th August during this time I logged 2085 moths, 796 Micro moths and 1289 Macro1


Out of the 2085 moths that were logged I had 131 different species 108 Macro and 23 Micro. During the period I added 62!!! new species for my list and 57 for the garden.

Each day in detail below - enjoy.

This will bring me up to date.

29th July 2013 - 34 Species including 9 New, 23 Macro, 11 Micro,

Barred Straw 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
Cabbage Moth 1
Clay 3
Common Rustic 2
Dark Arches 9
Double Square-spot 1
Fan-foot 1
Heart and Dart 1
Least Yellow Underwing 1
Riband Wave 2
Scalloped Oak 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Silver Y 31
Uncertain 4
Small Magpie 1
Common Grey 2
Grass-veneer 2
Pearl Veneer 2
Light Brown Apple Moth 2
Common Grass-veneer 4
Garden Grass-veneer 49
Dark Sword-grass 1 (NEW)



Nutmeg 2 (NEW)

Ruby Tiger 2 (NEW)

Scarce Footman 1 (NEW)

Spectacle 1 (NEW)

Vestal 1 (NEW) (AND A GOOD ONE)

Bird-cherry Ermine 1 (NEW)

Brown China-mark 1 (NEW)


Orange-spotted Shoot 1 (NEW)


30th July 2013 - 42 Species including 10 New, 30 Macro, 12 Micro,

Common Grey 1
Grass-veneer 9
Pearl Veneer 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Common Grass-veneer 2
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 2
Common Plume 1
Diamond-back Moth 6
Garden Grass-veneer 67
Mother of Pearl 1
Rosy Tabby 1
Barred Straw 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
Clay 1
Common Footman 1
Common Rustic 2
Dark Arches 8
Dingy Footman 1
Double Square-spot 5
Flame 5
Grey Dagger 1
Heart and Dart 2
Light Arches 2
Mottled Rustic 1
Nutmeg 1
Riband Wave 3
Ruby Tiger 1
Scalloped Oak 3
Scarce Footman 7
Shuttle-shaped Dart 2
Silver Y 22
Uncertain 2
Pearl Grass-veneer 1 (NEW)

Buff-tip 1 (NEW)


Common Wainscot 3 (NEW)

Dusky Sallow 3 (NEW)

Elephant Hawk-moth 1 (NEW)


July Highflyer 1 (NEW)

Peppered Moth 1 (NEW)

Privet Hawk-moth 1 (NEW)


Striped Wainscot 1 (NEW)

Wormwood Pug 1 (NEW)


31st July 2013 - 31 Species including 1 New, 24 Macro, 7 Micro,

Pearl Veneer 2
Common Grass-veneer 3
Diamond-back Moth 1
Garden Grass-veneer 59
Bud Moth 1
Orange-spotted Shoot 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
Buff Ermine 1
Buff-tip 1
Common Footman 3
Common Rustic 4
Dark Arches 7
Double Square-spot 3
Elephant Hawk-moth  2
Flame Shoulder 1
Grey Dagger 1
Heart and Dart 6
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Marbled Beauty 1
Nutmeg 3
Riband Wave 1
Ruby Tiger 3
Scalloped Oak 3
Scarce Footman 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Silver Y 30
Striped Wainscot 1
Uncertain 5
White Satin 1
Beautiful China-mark 1 (NEW)


2nd August 2013 - 35 Species including 4 New, 24 Macro, 11 Micro,

Pearl Veneer 6
Common Grass-veneer 27
Diamond-back Moth 1
Garden Grass-veneer 30
Ringed China-mark 1
Bee Moth 1
Bird-cherry Ermine 1
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 1
Grass-veneer 6
Smoky-barred Marble 1
Buff Ermine 1
Clay 2
Common Wainscot 1
Dark Arches 2
Dingy Footman 1
Double Square-spot 1
Dusky Sallow 2
Flame 1
Flame Shoulder 1
July Highflyer 2
Large Yellow Underwing 2
Lesser Yellow Underwing 2
Marbled Beauty 1
Nutmeg 3
Rustic 2
Ruby Tiger 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 10
Silver Y 37
Wormwood Pug 1
Small Grey 1 (NEW)

Least Yellow Underwing 1 (NEW)

Slender Pug 1 (NEW)

Yellow-tail 1 (NEW)



3rd August 2013 - 37 Species including 6 New, 22 Macro, 15 Micro,

Pearl Veneer 7
Common Grass-veneer 30
Diamond-back Moth 2
Garden Grass-veneer 22
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 5
Grass-veneer 3
Common Grey 2
Barred Fruit-Tree Tortrix 1
Bud Moth 1
Mother of Pearl 1
Codling Moth 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
Buff Ermine 1
Clay 1
Dark Arches 7
Double-striped Pug 1
Dusky Sallow 1
Flame 2
Grey Dagger 1
Heart and Dart 2
Large Yellow Underwing 6
Marbled Beauty 1
Riband Wave 1
Ruby Tiger 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 15
Silver Y 37
Uncertain 3
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow-tail 1
Common Nettle-tap 1 (NEW)


Golden-brown Tubic 1 (NEW)

Grey Tortrix 1 (NEW)

Chocolate-tip 1 (NEW)

Garden Tiger 1 (NEW)

Red Twin-spot Carpet 1 (NEW)


4th August 2013 - 39 Species including 2 New, 27 Macro, 12 Micro,

Brown House Moth 2
Pearl Veneer 5
Rosy Tabby 2
Common Grass-veneer 46
Diamond-back Moth 2
Garden Grass-veneer 18
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 3
Grass-veneer 2
Common Grey 3
Common Nettle-tap 1
Codling Moth 3
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 7
Buff Ermine 1
Cabbage Moth 1
Common Carpet 1
Common Footman 5
Common Carpet 1
Common Rustic 4
Common Wainscot 2
Dark Arches 12
Dark Sword-grass 1
Dingy Footman 1
Double Square-spot 1
Dusky Sallow 1
Early Thorn 1
Heart and Dart 1
Large Yellow Underwing 18
Lesser Common Rustic 2
Nutmeg 3
Riband Wave 3
Ruby Tiger 2
Scalloped Oak 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 25
Silver Y 33
Single-dotted Wave 2
Small Dusty Wave 2
Uncertain 1
True Lover's Knot 1 (NEW)

Water Veneer 1 (NEW)
    No Picture Yet he got away

 6th August 2013 - 24 Species including 5 New, 18 Macro, 6 Micro,

Pearl Veneer 3
Common Grass-veneer 38
Garden Grass-veneer 3
Mother of Pearl 2
Common Rustic 3
Dark Arches 6
Dingy Footman 1
Flounced Rustic 1
Grey Dagger 1
Large Yellow Underwing 6
Lesser Common Rustic 1
Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
Nutmeg 4
Riband Wave 3
Ruby Tiger 4
Shuttle-shaped Dart 15
Silver Y 21
Willow Beauty 2
Yellow Shell 4
Garden Rose Tortrix 1 (NEW)

Timothy Tortrix 1 (NEW)

Dun-bar 1 (NEW)

Iron Prominent 1 (NEW)

Lychnis 1 (NEW)


7th August 2013 - 24 Species including  New, 17 Macro, 7 Micro,

Pearl Veneer 9
Codling Moth 1
Common Grass-veneer 53
Diamond-back Moth 1
Garden Grass-veneer 4
Grass-Veneer 2
Ringed China-mark 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
Common Rustic 7
Dark Arches 7
Grey Dagger 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Nutmeg 2
Riband Wave 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Scarce Footman 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 18
Silver Y 13
Small Dusty Wave 1
Willow Beauty 3
Orange Swift 1 (NEW)

Rosy Minor 1 (NEW)


9th August 2013 - 39 Species including 4 New, 30 Macro, 9 Micro,

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 3
Common Grass-veneer 51
Diamond-back Moth 1
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 1
Garden Grass-veneer 3
Light Brown Apple Moth 2
Pearl Veneer 6
Brown-tail 1
Cabbage Moth 1
Common Footman 1
Common Pug 1
Common Rustic 12
Copper Underwing 1
Dark Arches 20
Flame 1
Flame Shoulder 7
Flounced Rustic 2
Grey Dagger 1
Large Yellow Underwing 17
Least Yellow Underwing 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow underwing 4
Lesser Common Rustic 1
Mottled Pug 2
Nutmeg 7
Peppered Moth 2
Riband Wave 5
Rosy Minor 2
Ruby Tiger 2
Shuttle-shaped Dart 28
Silver Y 3
Straw Dot 3
Uncertain 1
Willow Beauty 7
Yellow Shell 1
Yellow-tail 1
Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix 1 (NEW)

Long-horned Flat-body 1 (NEW)

Cinnabar 1 (NEW)

Maiden's Blush 1 (NEW)


10th August 2013 - 43 Species including 4 New, 32 Macro, 11 Micro,

Bird-cherry Ermine 1
Common Grass-veneer 42
Common Grey 1
Common Plume 1
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 1
Garden Grass-veneer 5
Garden Rose Tortrix 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 1
Long-horned Flat-body  1
Pearl Veneer 3
Small Grey 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 4
Brown-tail 1
Common Footman 1
Common Rustic 2
Copper Underwing 1
Dark Arches 6
Dingy Footman 2
Dusky Sallow 1
Flame Shoulder 6
Flounced Rustic 1
Garden Carpet 1
Grey Dagger 3
Iron Prominent 1
Large Yellow Underwing 15
Marbled Beauty 1
Mottled Pug 3
Nutmeg 2
Red Twin-spot Carpet 1
Riband Wave 6
Ruby Tiger 1
Rustic 1
Scalloped Oak 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 20
Silver Y 15
Uncertain 3
Willow Beauty 6
Cloaked Minor 1 (NEW)

Dot Moth 1 (NEW)

Small Square-spot 1 (NEW)

White-spotted Pug 1 (NEW)


15th August 2013 8.45pm to Midnight - 46 Species including 6 New, 27 Macro, 19 Micro,

Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix 1
Brown House Moth 1
Common Grass-veneer 39
Common Plume 1
Diamond-back Moth 2
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 2
Garden Grass-veneer 3
Golden-brown Tubic 1
Light Brown Apple Moth 3
Long-horned Flat-body 1
Mother of Pearl 4
Pearl Veneer 3
Ringed China-mark 1
Rosy Tabby 1
Small Grey 1
Timothy Tortrix 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 1
Cloaked Minor  3
Common Rustic 4
Copper Underwing 3
Dark Arches 10
Dingy Footman 2
Dun-bar 1
Flame Shoulder 11
Grey Dagger 1
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Orange Swift 1
Rosy Minor 4
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 22
Silver Y 37
Square-spot Rustic 1
Straw Dot 1
Tawny Marbled Minor 1
Tawny Shears 1
Willow Beauty 1
Yellow Shell 3
Garden Pebble 1 (NEW)

Marbled Piercer 1 (NEW)

Pine Leaf-mining Moth 1 (NEW)

Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 1 (NEW)

Knot Grass 1 (NEW)

Mouse Moth 1 (NEW)



16th August 2013 - In friends garden nr Coltishall 45 Species including 6 New, 36 Macro, 9 Micro,

Common Grass-veneer 15
Diamond-back Moth 1
Dingy Dowd 1
Long-horned Flat-body 1
Mother of Pearl 4
Pearl Veneer 1
Ringed China-mark 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 2
Cloaked Minor  1
Common Carpet 1
Common Footman 1
Common Rustic 9
Common Wainscot 1
Copper Underwing 2
Dark Arches 3
Dark Sword-grass 1
Dingy Footman 5
Dun-bar 5
Flame Shoulder 9
Flounced Rustic 11
Large Yellow Underwing 13
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 29
Lesser Common Rustic 4
Maiden's Blush 1
Marbled Beauty 3
Mottled Pug 1
Nutmeg 2
Red Twin-spot Carpet 4
Rustic 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Silver Y 10
Small Square-spot 1
Square-spot Rustic 2
Uncertain 1
Willow Beauty 1
Wormwood Pug 1
Bulrush Veneer  3 (NEW)

Chequered Grass-veneer 13 (NEW)

Straw Underwing 4 (NEW)

Tawny Speckled Pug 1 (NEW)


Turnip Moth 1 (NEW)

Rosy Footman 1 (NEW)



17th August 2013 - 25 Species including 3 New, 17 Macro, 8 Micro,

Chequered Grass-veneer 2 (NEW FOR GARDEN)
Common Grass-veneer 14
Dingy Dowd 1
Dotted Oak Knot-horn 1
Garden Grass-veneer 1
Marbled Piercer 1
Pearl Veneer 2
Cabbage Moth 1
Common Carpet 1
Common Rustic 5
Dark Arches 3
Flame Shoulder 2
Flounced Rustic 1
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing 3
Lesser Yellow Underwing 1
Lesser Common Rustic 1
Marbled Beauty 1
Nutmeg 2
Scalloped Oak 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 11
Silver Y 1
Willow Beauty 3
New Oak Slender 1 (NEW)

Blood-vein 1 (NEW)

 
Lime-speck Pug 1 (NEW)