Saturday 29 May 2010

Moths, Red Kite, and Fowlmere

Left the moth trap out overnight. Quite a cool breeze so a small catch:

Poplar Hawk-moth
Garden Carpet
Heart and Dart
White Ermine
Muslin Moth
Treble Lines
Flame Shoulder
Marbled Minor
Rustic Shoulder-knot
Light Emerald
Plum Tortrix (or maybe Orchard Marbled Tortrix?)

Just outside the village, a Red Kite was feeding on a Badger road kill. Fowlmere was very quiet in the rain, though it did bring in a large (for Fowlmere) number of Swifts (around fifty) and three House Martins.