Monday night was the last busy night here, and infact I had a few nights off this week as we had one night of wind and rain, and another I was far too tired.
As I type, tonight isn't looking great either, on the plus side both water butts are now over-flowing, i'm definitely getting old getting excited about water retention!
Monday night saw some movement of uncommon species in the county. I recorded my 3rd garden records of both L-album Wainscot & Clancy's Rustic.
Prior to 2020 both of these species were very rare in Cambs. I can only assume that they have become resident now in low density, and boosted by migrants each year.
Other good moths included a lovely Female Ghost Moth and two other acttractive macros, Slender Brindle (which is a new one for the garden) and Marbled Beauty.
I also recorded a year Haworth's Pug, but this specimen being a melanic version, rather unusual I thought.
2 micros were new for the garden list, so that makes 3 new additions for the night raising the garden list to 761 species.
Moth garden list for 2023 stands at 499 species
10/07/23 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Clancy's Rustic 1 [NFY]
Fan-foot 1 [NFY]
Ghost Moth 1 [NFY]
Haworth's Pug 1 [NFY]
L-album Wainscot 1 [NFY]
Slender Brindle 1 [NFG]
Micro Moths
Cydia splendana 1 [NFY]
Dioryctria simplicella 1 [NFG]
Recurvaria nanella 1 [NFG]
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| Clancy's Rustic |
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| Dioryctria simplicella |
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| Ghost Moth |
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| Marbled Beauty |
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| Slender Brindle |
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