Moths at Ynys-hir

Despite the deluge when we first arrived at the reserve it proved to be a very good night for moths. We recorded 83 species of macro moth and quite a few escaped (some with assistance from a Great Tit). Thanks to those who turned out to see and help.
Tony & Ina


Bordered Beauty



Brussels Lace



Common Emerald



Muslin Footman

Coronet



Double Lobed



Slender Brindle

Small Seraphim & Gold Swift

Trapping in our nearby mixed woodland two nights ago produced a good number of moths including two firsts for us.

Carolyn & Evan

Small Seraphim

Gold Swift (m)

Gold Swift (f)

Grey Arches

This beauty turned up in the trap this morning and is, I think, a first for Llawrcwrt. I certainly don't recall seeing one before. The total haul was 43 individuals of 23 species. The most number of species I've ever had was was 37 0n the 25th June.

Magical Moths at RSPB Ynys-hir

Sunday morning 9:00 until 11:00

We will be opening the traps from 9am in the usual place on the car park, weather permitting. Join us if you can.

Tony and Ina

Hedya salicella

Another 'new' one for the county - Hedya salicella.
Other micros C.culmella (obviously), Crambus pascuella (still not found silvella this year), Scoparia ambigualis, Donacaula forficella.

Wainscots

We ran a Skinner trap on Cors Fochno last night and got good numbers of Lackey, Straw Dot, True Lover's Knot, and Marsh Oblique-barred. We had four wainscot species, Striped, Smoky, Common and Southern.
Tony & Ina

Striped Wainscot

Smoky Wainscot

Southern wainscot

Southern Wainscot

Common Wainscot

Small Mottled Willow

We ran two traps last night, one in the garden and one in an oak woodland not far away. The cool north-westerly wind kept temperature and moth numbers down a little bit, but the garden produced a Small Mottled Willow, rather worn but who knows how far it must have travelled to get here. This is only the eighth county record with the most recent ones being in 2010, 2000, and 1995.

The woodland gave us a lovely Cloaked Carpet, a nationally scarce moth which appears to be very much on the increase in Ceredigion in the last few years.

Tony & Ina