Angle Shades was the best of the moth catch.

Thursday 28th October 2021.

An Angle Shades moth is always nice to see by the moth box.

A rather breezy cloudy day with the occasional spot of sunshine now and then, though i spent all morning indoors, it wasn't till the afternoon that i managed to get out and about in one of our company vehicles. My day kicked off again with another look at the moths, but as it was still dark, I only checked around the moth box and found very little. 

The micro moth, Tachystola acroxantha.

Last night, before heading off to bed, a quick check of the moth box revealed at least a few moths present including 4 Light Brown Apple Moths and a Double-striped Pug. However, this morning it was rather quiet. I left it till i got home this afternoon to check the moth box and the following moths were present:

• 5 Light Brown Apple Moth
• 2 Common Plume
• 1 Beautiful Plume
• 1 Tachystola acroxantha
• 1 Double-striped Pug
• 1 Angle Shades
• 2 Box Tree Moth

One of the five Light Brown Apple Moths present this morning.

In Hampshire today, a Ring Ouzel was again seen down by the ford at Pigeon House Lane, on the northern side of Portsdown Hill; an juvenile Arctic Skua was off Keyhaven Marshes and a Little Stint (previously reported as a Semipalmated Sandpiper) was on the islands at Titchfield Haven. Though I don't like to see people ridiculed for mis-identifying birds, it was possibly an easy mistake to make, especially if their views are poor. God knows, I have done it more times than I can remember! 

I photographed this superb Bluethroat, which was seen around this time last year at Titchfield Haven.