Ringing: August
Sunday 9th The team were up early enough to get a surprise when there was a minutes worth of rain drops. Twenty two birds were ringed. There were three each of Blackcap, Great Tit, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat and Willow Warbler, two sand Martins and singles of Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler and Sedge Warbler. A Meadow Pipit was a big…
Moths: August
Tuesday 11th Two LEDs in the Whitehouse had 170 moths of 61 species with highlights of a Spurge Hawk-moth sat outside the trap, a scarce record of Scythropia crataegella, a Maple Prominent and six Oblique-striped. Migrants were plentiful in 12 Small Mottled Willow, a Silver Y and Pearly Underwing. Best of all was in the bycatch with an Antlion also present! Monday…
Ringing: July
Wednesday 30th It was good to be able to get a team out today and they were rewarded with a successful morning. There were 58 new birds of 14 species. The highlight was a juvenile Cuckoo. Colour was added by a Jay and a Green Woodpecker. Migrants are definitely on the move and, although we still have not caught a…
Moths: February
Saturday 22nd Three actinics in The Elms caught only two moths – a Pale Brindled Beauty and a Tortricoides alternella. Sunday 2nd It has just not been suitable for the moth trap to be used until last night when the rain stayed away and the wind dropped. The trap on Sandown Road caught four moths – a Common Quaker and…