Migrants!

Llanishen finally joined the Migrant party last night with a Small Mottled Willow. There were also some of the more usual foreigners: Dark Sword-grass, Udea ferrugalis, Silver Y x2, & Diamond-back. Nothing of real note amongst the 'local' species. 36 species in all.

Parc slip reserve, Tondu. SS8784.

Epinotia tenerana
Epinotia sp? I though this was Tenerana but the white frons may point to something else?
Paraswammerdamia lutarea.
Also 3 Rusty dot pearl, 2 Dingy shell and Incurvaria oehlmanniella.

Vale of Glamorgan

Ogmore/Old Castle Downs: Chalk Carpet (1, MCP had 2 on 30.vi.11), High Brown Fritillary (2), Dark-green Fritillary (1), Grayling (2), Ringlet (4) & Small Heath (5).
Monknash area: Red Admiral (1) & Ringlet (15).

Update

For ref: I have added a few photos to last weeks posts

Llandaff North 6th July

Just 17 species last night but did get a nice tort new for the garden - Lozotaeniodes formosanus. Also Acleris forsskaleana new for 2011.

Rhoose Point - 5 July

Just a single migrant last night, a solitary Silver Y. Overall numbers and species count both low too, no doubt due to the weather! However, on the positive side, this attractively marked Catoptria pinella arrived, along with a few that I have strugglesd to positively id.
Catoptria pinella

Although it doesn't come out well in the photo, this moth has antennae about 2.5 times the length of it's body, yet I can't find anything fitting that description... The body is about 9mm long, and there were 5 or so in the trap.

I thought this might be Caryocolum vicinella, but I am not entirely convinced...

Perhaps one of the Depressaria?

Any pointers gratefully appreciated!

An exciting migrant....

....but out of county I'm afraid!

I'm finally back from SPBF surveys in North Wales, and have been rather jealously looking through the recent postings about migrant moths. However, I didn't entirely miss out, as on 28 June I chanced across an unusual looking plume flitting about in an unprepossessing marshy field near Bala. Andrew Graham has confirmed it as Oxyptilus laetus - probably only the second Welsh record of this Mediterranean species. Thanks to Janet Graham for the photo:













I've also seen Forester moth on 6 sites in Merioneth - they seem quite a bit commoner up there than down here.