Phil and Mandys Wildlife (inc Moth's)

Friday, 26 August 2011

Moth ID causing me trouble! Please Help

My friend Denis trapped this moth, we are having difficulty IDing it, looks unlike any in my guides!

Assistance would be appreciated.

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Sunday morning Moths at Trudy's

Last night I got Andy, my brother in law to set the moth trap in his garden, he kindly did this for me and I went to investigate this morning, there were quite a few within the trap and some cleared off as we moved it, the photos below are what I managed and I hope I have ID'd them OK! I am sure I will be corrected though if I am wrong.

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Flounced Rustic

Scorched Carpet

Willow Beauty

Square Spot Rustic

Dunbar

Large Yellow Underwing

Thanks for looking and as always any assistance is welcome.

Thanks Alan

Birding on Saturday with Den

Saturday morning I met up with Denis at Sevenoaks Nature Reserve for a mooch around, when we arrived there were a lot of marquees being erected for an open day fund raiser and needless to say the bird count in the 45 mins we stayed was low, the list was as follows:

Moorhen

Robin

Coot

Tufted Duck

Mute Swan

Carrion Crow

Black Headed Gull

Chiffchaff

Blue Tit

Pied Wagtail

Grey Heron

Wood Pigeon

Green Woodpecker

Great Tit

Great Crested Grebe

Mallard

Wren

From Sevenoaks we took a short drive to Bough Beech Reservoir, alas it was fairly quiet there as well, we did spot the following though:

Lapwing

Pied Wagtail

Green Woodpecker

Grey Heron (x16)

Greenshank (x3)

Greylag Geese

Cormorant

Little Egret

Great Crested Grebe

Common Tern

Moorhen

Carrion Crow

Lesser Black Backed Gull

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Canada Geese

Tufted Duck

Greenshank

Pair of Greenshanks

As Above

And again

Green Sandpiper

Lapwings in flight

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Little Egret

Black Headed Gull, Green Sandpiper and Lapwing

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Moth Trap in Den's Garden at Westerham

Denis paid me a visit last night for a few hours and as he left I offered him my Moth Trap to try out in his back garden, he gladly accepted the offer, so at 7.30 this morning I made my way to Westerham in the rain but was not disappointed when I got there. Below are a few of the moths that were within, some I have Id'd but I am not 100% certain of my Id's so any input would be gratefully received.

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Common Wainscott

Dotted Border Wave

Endotricha Flammealis

Yponomeuta Gagnagella?

Willow Beauty?

Rhyaclonia Buuchiana

Dark Arches

As Above

Lesser Broadbodied Yellow Underwing

Thanks, and as I said any input is great.

Thanks to Dean and Peter for their input

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Moths That I caught last Saturday Night and cannot ID.....Need Help Please

Below are a few of the moths I caught last weekend and cannot seen to ID, and I am hoping my fellow bloggers maybe able to assist?

3 THIS IS A VERY SMALL MOTH

Click on photos to enlarge.

Many Thanks

Monday, 1 August 2011

St Margarets at Cliffe and Sandwich Bay

Mandy and I drove to our friend Peter yesterday morning at St Margaret's at Cliffe (http://forewood.blogspot.com) for more details of our visit. From Peters we drove to Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory but had a few good spots on the way. Our list for the day is as follows:

MAGPIE

CARRION CROW

STOCK DOVE

LINNETS

LITTLE OWL

LAPWING

STARLINGS

JACKDAW

GREY HERON

ROOK

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER

DUNLIN