2/2 RSPB Titchwell this morning, 2 Y/Shells seen plus Sp Wood, Painted Lady & Red Admirals.
Highlight, nfy, 13 Little Terns fishing offshore. Also pr Stonechat, & many youngsters - Avocets, Coot, BH Gulls, Redshank, Robin, Blackbird, Pied Wag etc. A pleasant morning, #norfolkbirding
36/7 last night, chilly here in Hunstanton. Nothing new.
Incl. 20 Heart & Dart, 4 Heart & Club, (useful to have both together), 2 Privet Hawk-moths (1 found at bottom of shed)
& 3 A beatricella -(Broad-barred Straw) this morning, this one on our plastic greenhouse. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
47/19 after a stormy evening in Hunstanton. Nfy Privet Hawk-moth.*
Just 20 H & D, 5 Turnip, 1 Silver Y*. A better marked Bright-Lines Brown-eyes*. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Red KIte low over garden, calling, as we opened trap about 5am.
1/2 - 25/6 last night here in Hunstanton 4 Jun, windier & cooler. Nfy Common Emerald (on shed last night) & Heart Club. Just 19 H & D, 2 Turnip, Elephant HM & Vine's R.
Also a Broad-Barred White found on lawn during day.
Then to Titchwell....
57/19 last night in a windy Hunstanton, 2 nfy Arch. xylosteana- (Variegated Golden Tortrix) & Clepsis consimilana - (Rufous Tortrix)
Also 28 Heart & Dart, 1 Heart & Club*, 1 Privet & 1 Small El. hm*, just 1 Silver Y. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
31 May, 2 traps again in Hunstanton, 321/53.
Nfg Uncinus obductella (Marjoram Knot-horn)* 7th Norfolk record.
Nfy Bordered Straw*, A. innoxiella, Clouded Border, A. zoegana*, Middle-bar Minor, Double Sq-spot*
Also 117 H & D, 47 Turnip, 28 C Wainscot, 4 Silver Y, 3 D/B #teammoth #norfolkmoths
28/10, nothing new, much chillier night here in Hunstanton.
H & D 18, Lge YU 2, also another Elephant H/M & Rustic Shoulder-knot. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
A few Swallows and Swifts overhead.