From The Garden Trap - Belated Update

Every now and then you see a bird in some odd out of context place. A few weeks ago I managed to add Red-legged Partridge to the garden list when I could hear one singing in the evening. It sounded close and I assumed it was in the nearest fields to us (out of sight behind other houses though). Tonight I went out for a quick cycle down the lane, and coming home I was confronted by the very odd sight of a Red-legged Partridge singing from the apex of a house roof in the middle of the estate. Still out of sight from the garden mind. I also heard a Yellowhammer much closer to the housing than usual, but sadly not audible from the garden above the M1 road noise.

I haven't run the garden traps since Friday night, mainly due to the high winds and a bit of apathy following the excellent Charnwood Lodge session. Here's a belated summary. The traps are out tonight as the wind has dropped almost completely, though it is clear and likely to be very cool later on.

19/05/2011
Total catch 41 of 24sp.
(125W MV 20 of 15, 80W/11W actinic/compact fluorescent combo 21 of 15)
0648 White-shouldered House Moth (Endrosis sarcitrella) 1
0822 Scrobipalpa acuminatella 1
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 1
1174 Epiblema cynosbatella 1
1334 Scoparia ambigualis 1 (NFY)
1376 Small Magpie (Eurrhypara hortulata) 2
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1 (NFY)
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 5
1773 Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 3
1817 Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata) 1
1819 Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata) 2
1827 Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata arceuthata) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 3
1835 White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria) 2
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 1
1937 Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria) 1
2028 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 1
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 6
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2326 Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 1
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 2
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1

20/05/2011
Total catch 40 of 23sp.
(160W blended 15 of 11sp, 80W/11W actinic/tungsten combo 25 of 15)
0017 Common Swift (Hepialus lupulinus) 7
0409a Argyresthia trifasciata 3
0610 Elachista argentella 1
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1
0822 Scrobipalpa acuminatella 1
0998 Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) 1
1176 Epiblema trimaculana 1
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 1
1728 Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) 1
1742 Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1834 Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata) 2
1860 Green Pug (Pasiphila rectangulata) 1
1883 Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata) 1
1920 Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata) 2
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
2028 Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) 1
2061 Buff Ermine (Spilosoma luteum) 1 (NFY)
2089 Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis) 6
2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) 1
2334 Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens) 2
2337x Marbled Minor agg. (Oligia strigilis agg.) 1
2387 Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus) 1

The only other thing to update is this Green Oak Tortrix which I reared from a larva on oak from Pickworth Great Wood on 01/05/2011 (emerged 20/05/2011).