Thursday 10th November 2022.
I knew there was to be no rain overnight and so I put the moth box on and was rewarded with 13 moths of 6 species this morning. Macro moths are always at a premium around my garden at this time of year, so Angle Shades moth was a nice surprise. Most likely to be a late migrant moth, like the two Rusty-dot Pearl and therefore I wonder if any more migrant moths are still coming through on these mild south-westerly winds?
Moths present this morning included the following:
- 1 Angle Shades
- 1 Double-striped Pug
- 1 Beautiful Plume
- 3 Common Plume
- 2 Rusty-dot Pearl
- 5 Light Brown Apple Moth
- 1 Blastobasis adustella
While checking the moths, I could hear Redwing overhead and looking up, a pair literally dropped right out of the sky and landed in my neighbours tree at the back of the garden! They remained there for about 10 minutes, calling loudly all the time and then eventually both flew off south bound. Were they taking evasive action from a raptors or simply having a rest; I think the latter was most likely the cause, but lovely to see them anyway. A few Blue Tits popped in for a feed on the sunflower hearts while both Wren and Robin were both heard nearby.
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