First for the year and first in the garden for six years. I had a brief run of spring singles in 2003, 2003 & 2004 when this was still a very scarce species in VC55. It's still scarce, though both it and Grey-shoulder Knot have increased markedly in the same time that Tawny Pinon has declined.
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3
2236 Pale Pinion (Lithophane hepatica) 1 [first for year]
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 2
3 comments:
Hi Mark,
A great shot of a sort after species....I was lucky enough to get 1 last year. Still yet to find a Tawny Pinion in the Eastern corner of Bedfordshire,
Good Trapping,
Matt
Good going!
Yes it's a very local species and about 6 years ago was virtually non-existant here in Essex, Tawny i've had once and that's even more scarce around these parts.
The weather looks good for tonight.
Thanks Matt & Ben,
Just the one Tawny Pinion so far here in ten years of trapping. I've also only seen it once when out and about in the county, whereas I see Grey-shoulder Knot annually at widespread sites (and almost annually in the garden in the last five years) and Pale Pinion is recorded annually in the county.
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