Sunday, 3 April 2011

3rd April

Caloptilia stigmatella
Acleris cristana

Brean Down: Light southerly wind clear with high cloud and colder than yesterday. Very quiet this morning 1 Wheatear, 1 Swallow, 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Redpoll.

Garden moth trap: Caloptilia stigmatella NFG

Weston woods moths: A good catch with NFY's coming only from the micros A.cristana and A.literana. Macros well represented with 10 Brindled Beauty, 6 Brindled Pug, 1 Chestnut, 3 Powdered Quaker, 10 Diurnea fagella including a dark form, 5 Small Quaker, 5 Hebrew Character, 1 Early Thorn, 1 Double-striped Pug, 3 March Moth, 5 Common Quaker, 2 Engrailed.

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