Sunday, 31 August 2025

Lizard, Cornwall .. long weekend, non-birding highlights

moth-trap set up at Barnside Cottage

Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)

Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon)

Nomophila noctuella

Palpita vitrealis

Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)

Burnished Brass (Diachrysis chrysitis)

Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)

Mullein Wave (Scopula marginepunctata)
Windmill Reserve arable weed margins
Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa)

Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica) LIFER

Annual Woundwort (Stachys annua) LIFER

Corn Spurrey (Spergula arvensis) LIFER

Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) LIFER photo courtesy Tony B

Ping Pong Bat (Favolaschia calocera) photo courtesy Tony B

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) Branscombe Beach, Devon

R & L kindy picked us up from Sidmouth Festival to take us to Branscombe Beach to find Wood White and Purple Gromwell (Aegonychon purpureocaeruleum). We saw both, although the latter was not found in flower.
Wood White


Purple Gromwell