Friday 26 August 2011

26 August 2011 - Blairgowrie, Perthshire

No moth trapping last night... Only highlight was a Spotted Flycatcher in the garden, appearing shortly after a thunder storm.

Thursday 25 August 2011

25 August 2011 - Blairgowrie, Perthshire

Have had two garden ticks for out CSottish holiday residence, Tree Pipit yesterday and today a female/imm Redstart.

Redstart

Wednesday 24 August 2011

24 August 2011 - Moorland above Kinloch, Perthshire

WIth cold night temperatures now being experienced, a poor catch was inevitable:


Small Wainscot - I caught 15 of these, mainly copper-coloured, in 1.5 hrs


Small Wainscot with Smoky Wainscot


Bordered Beauty


Barred Chestnut


Carpet - miniture specimen of Dark Marbled


Sallow - a very yellow specimen (compared to others caught this week)


Sallow - compare with above (variable indeed)


Black Rustic


July Highflyer

Tuesday 23 August 2011

23 August 2011 - The neighbours again!

Another catch in the neighbours garden again. Highlight was a superb Garden Tiger, a memory of rearing these as a kid in rural Cambridgeshire - this one being the first I've caught since trapping.


Garden Tiger

Garden Tiger

Dotted Clay - perhaps!

Ear spp

Black Rustic - smart beasts

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Sallows

Brown-line Bright-eye

Centre-barred Sallow

Monday 22 August 2011

22 August 2011 - The neighbours' Garden

I put the MV trap in the neighbours garden - it's too bright to put in our garden here with people sleeping in various garden facing bedrooms!


First out he trap was this lovely Grey Chi


And second out was this Angle-striped Sallow


It was a decent sized beast in comparison with a Sallow


Barred Chestnut or Ingrailed Clay


Flounced Rustic


Purple Clay


Juniper Pug (thanks for ID help John)


Grey Pine Carpet

Dark Arches (again)


And a quick micro - Spindle Ermine?

Sunday 21 August 2011

21 August 2011 - Moors above Kinloch, Perthshire

A trip out last night produced another selection of interesting bits and bobs:


Heath Rustic


Autumnal Dart


Autumnal Dart


Dotted Clay poss


Dotted Clay poss


Barred Chesnut (thanks again John for ID help)


Lempke's Gold Spot


Sallow


Square-spot Rustic


Various shades of Dark Arches


Various 'Ear' spp - to be determined


And the unknown Rustic aggr.