Thursday 29th September 2022.
Some of the moths from my egg trays this morning.
A cool start to the day with temperatures around 10 degrees in Southsea and it was dry. Predicted rain coming in around 6am never materialised and this morning weather forecast believes it is going to be a dry day too. We shall see. Though there was high patchy cloud, it was bright and therefore, there was a bit of visible migration overhead this morning, namely a trickle of Meadow Pipits over as per usual, but a Grey Wagtail passing westbound low over the houses and a Greenfinch heading north noted. A Chiffchaff was heard only again in the neighbouring gardens, though yesterday, I did see the bird standing out well on the tall tree at the back of my garden, calling and flicking its tail.
Within the moth box and surrounding egg trays, there were all the usual suspects for this time of year. It was the turn of the Lunar Underwings to be the most numerous moth this morning with 12 individuals recorded, but again, very few micro moths are coming through now. 44 moths of 11 species were the sum total this morning.
The following moths were present this morning:
- 9 Lesser Yellow Underwing
- 5 Large Yellow Underwing
- 12 Lunar Underwing
- 1 Feathered Ranunculus
- 3 Double-striped Pug
- 4 L-album Wainscot
- 6 Square-spot Rustic
- 1 Pale Mottled Willow
- 1 Garden Carpet
- 1 Light Brown Apple Moth
- 1 Clepsis consimilana
It was nice to see a lot of the ‘Lazee Birders’ getting to see the juvenile Red-backed Shrike at Medmerry Car Park over the last few days and some superb photos were added to the Whatsapp group as well. I see that elusive Wryneck was still present yesterday by the Severals at Church Norton and some birders managed to grab a few half-decent photos of the bird.
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