Sunday 17th October 2021.
Another early morning rise for me and as it was still dark outside, I had the opportunity to check what goodies are now in the UK. A Taiga Flycatcher (the Indian race of Red-breasted Flycatcher that has been split from the European race of RB Flycatcher) had been identified at Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire; which, coincidentally, I went for a ‘twitch’ for many years ago with a birding pal, though ‘dipped’ on seeing the bird at the very same site! Fume! A little further up the coast, a Two-barred Warbler is lingering at Spurn YWT and back in East Yorkshire, the White-tailed Plover is still residing at Blacktoft Sands.
Back at dear old Southsea, I was checking the moth box again and overhead, there was a bit of visible migration going on. A flock of 8 Siskin heading east were the pick of the birds going over and also included several Pied Wagtails and Meadow Pipits along with several flocks of Goldfinches.
There were no new moths for the year in and around the moth box, but a Meal Moth was arguably the pick of the bunch. Nearby, sat on my neighbours brick wall, was the biggest Giant House Spider I have seen this year, which was around 5 inches long! The following moths were present this morning:
- 1 Black Rustic
- 6 Double-striped Pug
- 2 Angle Shades
- 4 Garden Carpet
- 16 Common Plume
- 6 Box Tree Moth
- 3 Eudonia angustea
- 1 Willow Beauty
- 1 Meal Moth
- 1 White-shouldered House Moth
- 3 Lesser Yellow Underwing
- 5 Light Brown Apple Moth
- 1 Tachystola acroxantha
- 1 Feathered Ranunculus
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