Fewer moths reported today.

Sunday 30th July 2023.

My second Langmaid's Yellow Underwing of the year.

It was much quieter in my moth box this morning, back in my garden where on a cool, breezy early morning, there were a total of 47 moths of 19 species. The best moth would have to be the Langmaids Yellow Underwing, which was my second of the year. I confirmed it when it was flying about in the pot I had put it in and then released it. The most numerous moth was easily the Light Brown Apple Moths with at least 17 recorded today.   

Above, an underside view of the Langmaid's Yellow Underwing and below, one of the two Lackey moths.

Moths present this morning included the following:

• 1 Langmaids Yellow Underwing
• 2 Lackey
• 1 Silver Y
• 4 Common Rustic
• 1 Garden Carpet
• 1 Riband Wave
• 2 Bright-line Brown-eye
• 2 Brimstone Moth
• 1 Pale Mottled Willow
• 1 Marbled Beauty
• 2 Dingy Dowd
• 3 Marsh Dowd
• 1 Rosy Tabby
• 3 Box Tree Moth
• 1 Brown House Moth
• 17 Light Brown Apple Moth
• 1 Bird-cherry Ermine
• 1 Common Plume
• 2 Privet Tortrix

Fellow ‘Lazee Birder’ Andy Tew reported the Osprey still present again at Fishlake Meadows this morning and even went one better when he saw a Night Heron flying over the reserve! Yesterday, another fellow ‘Lazee’, Mark Francis and another birder saw a Storm Petrel go past Hill Head. Some nice birds around it seems. Roll on Autumn.