Thursday 11th July 2024.
A much drier night produced a few moths of note this morning and although I got up a little later than normal, of which a few moths had probably flown off, there was still plenty to look at. Though the numbers of moths were quite low for this time of year, 21 moths of 17 species this morning, pick of the bunch has to go to the Dark Sword-grass, which was my first of the year, closely followed by my second Rufous Pearl of the year.
The Moths present this morning included the following:
- Dark Sword-grass
- Double-striped Pug (New for Year)
- Common Pug
- Dark Arches 2
- Uncertain
- Silver Y
- Lackey
- Bright-line Brown-eye
- Heart & Dart
- Light Brown Apple Moth
- Twenty-plume Moth
- Black-banded Masoner 2
- Bird-cherry Ermine
- Garden Grass-veneer 2
- Ruddy Streak
- Bee Moth 2
- Rufous Pearl
It was fairly quiet on my first shift in Pembroke Road this morning, with a Med Gull probably being the most notable species seen this morning. We were discussing this morning the fate of my favourite nature reserve, Farlington Marshes, which is currently a hot topic concerning the future of this very important site. Both the Sluice gates are in a state of urgent repair and obviously, the damage the salt water has done to the Lake area is terrible and will take the existing reedbed a long time to repair. How on earth the current owners of the reserve had let it get into this terrible state really begs the question as funding is now sought from the Environmental Agency. Under the previous Government, absolutely no chance, whereas the new Government could be a bit more helpful? We shall see.
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