6 Aug 2016 - Badgells Wood Camp Site, Kent

Made a return visit to Badgells Wood Camp Site near Holy Hill.

The Waved Carpets still around with several caught.

I've only ever caught 'Goodwini' at this site - and cracking they are earlier in the year (see my 2014 picture below).

My target for 2017 is to catch a really fresh Goodwini in May/June - we'll see.

Waved Carpet ab. 'Goodwini' - Aug 2016

Waved Carpet ab. 'Goodwini' - June 2014

31 July 2016 - Thames Estuary/Isle of Grain

Spent a short (hour and a half) visit to the Isle of Grain. Wainscots featured highly in the catch and I should probably have retained a few more for photography! A male Gem, one Silver Y and several Rush Veneer (5) all made for a pleasant catch. I am beginning to wonder why I only stayed out for such a short spell as I made it home by 12.15am...(most of the packing-up time was taken by my reading the Last Rites to 10,000 Water Veneers!). If you see anything useful in my micro selection, do drop me a line!

Twin-spotted Wainscot

Twin-spotted Wainscot

Wainscot - presumed dark Webb's...comments appreciated please.

Webb's Wainscot

Webb's Wainscot

Fen Wainscot

Reed Dagger

Gem (male) - will I ever catch a female?

Rush Veneer

White-line Dart

White-line Dart

Dog's Tooth

Dog's Tooth

Plain Pug

Antler Moth (one of four caught)

Crescent

Crescent

And some micros, which I'll try and name later...

Evergestis extimalis

Cochylis hybridella

Acrobasis suavella

Schoenobius gigantella

dunno 1 

dunno 2

dunno 3

dunno 4 - but very big!

dunno 5

Dunno 6

Dunno 7

 And a Dark Arches - just because it's a well-marked almost nice specimen...

21 July 2016 - Orlestone Forest

Visited Orlestone again on the 21st July - for the third time this summer I've stuck three traps along the ride, beside the Bracken, that I caught the Latin on last year. Though no Latins were caught , it was a nice selection of micros that made the effort worthwhile.

Comments on my putative ID's is, as ever, very much appreciated.

Dioryctria sylvestrella

Tinia semifulvella

Rhyacionia pinicolana??

Cydia spendana??

Epinotia brunnichana??

Double Kidney

Small Phoenix

Waved Carpet

Black Arches

Scalloped Hook-tip

White-spotted Pug (I think)

Pine Carpet

16 July 2016 - Holborough Marshes KWT

Small Rufous

Small Rufous

Dotted Fan-foot

Double Lobed

Festoon

Silky Wainscot

Leopard Moth

Bright-eye Brown-line

Dingy Shears

Small Seraphim

Vapourer

Calamotropha paludella

European Corn-borer??

Phycitodes binaevella??

Micro 1

Micro 2

Phalonidia manniana

Hedya salicella

Micro 3

Green Pug

Green Pug

Green Pug?

White-spotted Pug

Round-winged Muslin

Southern Wainscot

Southern Wainscot