At least 10 appeared, swarming all over me!
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At least 10 appeared, swarming all over me!
I got them within 5 minutes at a site with lots of Oaks
The same for me, but I still got Pammene giganteana within 30 minutes or less.
Elm Tortrix (Acleris kochiella)
The pick of last night’s crop from the #teammoth trap was undoubtedly this NFM/NFG #27 Elm Tortrix (Acleris kochiella) its also new for the tetrad 🔲 and not at all common in Suffolk.
All 4 AI apps I use were insistent it was A. logiana, but the books, Suffolkmoths.co.uk and the CMR agreed with me.🤗
Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella)
Early Reveller (Diurnea fagella)
I had a mooch in the #teammoth trap last night, spotted some new stuff, so put up a couple of guests in the ‘hôtel de frigo.’
NFM/NFG #26 Early Reveller was a nice, but expected, surprise. It’s new for tetrad too. 🔲
Another one was sat just by the trap this morning.
Black Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus humator)
Black Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus humator) was new for me in the #teammoth trap this morning.
A modest 17/7 plus a Double-striped Pug on a random wall - but out of those, there were two new Moths. 🤗
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Who knew?
Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana) Attracted to FUN lure.
…So, I would like to tell you I hung the lure out and a Moth appeared in 5 minutes.
Truth be told, I shut my eyes for 30 minutes and, when I looked - there was NFG #25 Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana) - sitting in the #teammoth trap! It’s new for the tetrad 🔲 too.
New for me too. Try the www.angleps.com website. It will give you the target species and then all the potential bycatch. I just saw people getting Early Oak Gall Moth with FUN, and wondered if it would work for me…
Pheromone trap just arrived from Anglian Lepidopterist Supplies…
Inspired by my success at Cavenham, and in possession of my new #teammoth pheromone trap, which arrived this afternoon, from www.angleps.com I thought I would hang it out of the kitchen window - in sight (and hopefully smell) of the only Oak tree 🌳 near the garden.
What could go wrong…
Yep, Pymoor. It’s where other ringed birds that I’ve had at Isleham have come from.
Not sure if he is still ringing them or these are just returning birds. I think the latter.
Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana).
Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana).
Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana).
Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana).
Not the warmest of days, but took my FUN lure to an area with some Oaks, this afternoon, just on the off chance of a NFM Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana).
Wow! 🤩 About 10 of them within 5 minutes of deployment. Given the name, I was expecting something a little more ‘gigantic.’ 😀 #teammoth
Colour-ringed Avocet. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
A couple of colour-ringed Avocet amongst the group this morning at Isleham Wash. Both red-ringed (faded to pink) on both legs, above the ankle. One read A8 possibly the same on each leg, the other got flushed by a damn Dog, 😡 which also flushed a Water Pipit - good boy. 😉
Probably from Pymoor
Cormorant roosting opposite the garden this morning, they’ve not used this spot much this winter.
42 Avocet, 30 Snipe, 4 Lapwing & 3 Redshank at Isleham Wash. also Shelduck, 2 Gadwall & 3 Shoveler. A decent flock of Starlings & Fieldfares on the pasture, my 1st drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker of the year and a singing Chiffchaff.
@cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Otter & Cormorant at home earlier.
March Moth.
Just 7/4 last night. A victim of my own laziness, as I only put the trap outside the front door, so competing with the amenity lights.
But, as I wasn’t going to bother at all, I can’t complain.
Best was a March Moth on the wall by the trap.
#teammoth
Who would have thought March 8th could have been so propitious a date?
Amazingly I saw all three of those too.
Where’s mine? A quick postprandial look in the trap revealed a Common Quaker, and another landing on me, but that was it. I suspect it’s not going to be a big task emptying the trap tomorrow.
Apparently patch birding does all come good in the end. 1w Ring-billed Gull this evening and glad some people managed to connect after my rather garbled attempt at putting news out. Blog post to follow #ukbirding
Perhaps Agonopterix curvipunctosa. There was one in Hants recently too.
I’m going to hang it outside the Kitchen window, with a direct line of sight to the nearest Oak. Thanks.
Red-green Carpet.
Stuck the FUN lure out with the #teammoth trap this evening, but still no joy. However plenty of Moths buzzing around, including a new for year #24 Red-Green Carpet, which has been flagged up as early.
FUN pheromone lure. Nothing found it very alluring today.
Had FUN in the garden this p.m.
Sadly my intended target (Pammene giganteana) didn’t play ball. Sadly no Oak in the garden - nearest one 75m.
Secondary target was Orange Underwing. We do have a few Birches, but they didn’t want to play ball either.
Singing Chiffchaff, Cetti’s & 2 Red Kite tho.
Species Chilocorus renipustulatus : Kidney-spot Ladybird
Species Chilocorus renipustulatus : Kidney-spot Ladybird
Species Chilocorus renipustulatus : Kidney-spot Ladybird
Not sure I’ve ever knowingly seen these before, although apparently common.
Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus)
Small Quaker, a poorly marked Twin-spotted Quaker and a Clouded Drab were the also rans this morning.
Just 4/4 in the #teammoth trap today, and no other Moths around the garden. It was a bit cool and damp so no real surprise.
A heartily singing Blackcap serenaded me as I processed the meagre catch.
Early Thorn.
First Moth out of the #teammoth trap this morning was this rather delicate, and pretty NFM/NFG #23 Early Thorn.
It was a bit floppy when I tried to photograph it on the bench, but looked a lot more natural hung in a tree.
True.
It’s difficult to combine looking up with looking down. 😂
I often pop it on as I go out to the garden in the morning, but it’s tricky catching a flyover if you have to start it from scratch. I was lucky this called quite a few times.
I should spend more time listening at night, but it’s always been disappointing. Maybe stuff goes over much later. 🤷🏻♂️
Historical Coot reporting from Birdtrack.
Just checked Birdtrack and guess which month is best for Coot?
March. Though this year is a bit behind the average seemingly.
Recording of a flyover Coot. A very rare garden record.
I was concerned that garden Moth trapping might lead to less garden Birding. I needn’t have worried, so far, as after the flyover Coot on Monday, I had another (the same?) flyover tonight as I put my #teammoth trap out.
This time I managed to get Merlin™️ running in time to catch it. #SuffolkBirding