Saturday, October 29, 2011

September Moths 2011

A selection of moths from our garden in September. I have named them with the best of my ability with some help from others on the Scottish Moths forum and iSpot but if you think any are labelled incorrectly, please let me know.

frosted-orange

Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago

acleris-sparsana

Acleris sparsana

Agonopterix sp

Agonopterix heracliana / ciliella

Agonopterix-sp

Agonopterix heracliana / ciliella

angle-shades

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

angle-shades-2

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

angle-shades-3

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

brick-4

The Brick Agrochola circellaris

common lesser common rustic

Common/Lesser Common Rustic

common-marbled-carpet

Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata

common-marbled-carpet-2

Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata

dark-sword-grass

Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon

dark-sword-grass-side

Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon

dart

Dart Euxoa sp but too warn to fully identify

ear-1

Ear Moth agg (Amphipoea oculea agg)


garden-carpet

Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata

July-Highflyer-1

July Highflyer Hydriomena furcata

lunar-underwing

Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa

noctuid-4

Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi

November-Moth

November Moth Epirrita dilutata

november-moth-2

November Moth Epirrita dilutata

parsnip-moth

Parsnip Moth Depressaria heraclei

pink-barred-sallow-1

Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata

red-green-carpet

Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata

red-green-carpet-side

Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata

red-line-quaker

Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota

rosy-rustic

Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea

rusty-dot-pearl-2

Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

scops-8

Eudonia Mercurella

scops-9

Eudonia Truncicolla

silver-Y (2)

Silver Y Autographa gamma

silver-y-2-top

Silver Y Autographa gamma

silver-y-top

Silver Y Autographa gamma

Small-phoenix-1

Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata

Small-phoenix-2

Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata

small-quaker

Small Wainscot

square-spot-rustic

Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa

tortrix-8

Rhomboid Tortrix (Acleris rhombana)

tortrix-9

Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana)

tortrix-9-side

Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana)

Udea-Lutealis

Udea lutealis

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

September 2011 in the Garden

Wildlife seen in our garden in September, starting with a bird ringing session on the 1st.

1 grasshopper-warbler-5

A beautiful Grasshopper Warbler, a great surprise to catch one in the garden!

2 grasshopper-warbler-4

3 grasshopper-warbler-2

4 grasshopper-warbler-3

5 grasshopper-warbler-1

6 bluetit

A bluetit being ringed

7 bluetit-2

The ringers grip!

8 chaffinch

Chaffinch

9 dunnock

Dunnock

10 goldfinch-1

Juvenile Goldfinch

11 goldfinch-2

It doesn’t yet have red on its head but beautiful markings on its back

12 great-tit

Great Tit

13 greenfinch

Greenfinch

14 greenfinch-rosa-rugosa

This ones been feasting on the Rosa Rugosa hips!

15 willow-warbler

Willow Warbler

16 collared-dove

We have had a pair of Collared Doves visit lately

17 collared-dove-2

Not that common in our garden

18 duck-house

The new wildlife pond, complete with duck house, shame the ducks aren’t real!

19 newt

We have newts already!

20 water-hawthorn

The water hawthorn is blooming

21 red-squirrel-black-tail

We have been studying our re squirrels lately as they all have different colouration, we now think there are 5 different individuals that visit the garden to feed.

22 red-squirrel-black-tail-2

This one is Black Tail-blond Tip

23 squirrel-in-box

Look closely and you will see a face, this one prefers to go right inside the feeder to eat!

24 two-squirrels

Two feeding together-Highlights and Squirt

orange-buddleia

The orange buddleia has been very pretty this year

peacock

Peacock Butterfly

red-admiral

Red Admiral

small-tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell

stinkhorn

A phallic looking Stinkhorn!