I finally got out into the field today having recovered sufficiently from an annoying cold picked up after last weekend. Mind you I haven't missed much, and I rather wondered why I bothered today. I went to Earlswood and came away with 27 Teal, four Shovelers, six Snipe, and a couple of Swallows.
The most interesting thing was the extent that the water-level has now dropped on Engine and Windmill Pool. Loads of mud and only Teal exploiting it.
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On Wednesday night I decided to stick the moth trap out. That was a little more successful. I caught 21 moths of just five species. However, two of the five were new for the year: Garden Rose Tortrix and Deep-brown Dart. The latter was only my second. The taxonomy of that species appears to have settled that the species formerly known in the UK as Northern Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lueneburgensis is actually a race of Deep-brown Dart, which is now Aporophyla lueneburgensis while "Deep-brown Dart" Aporophyla lutulenta is a different European species which may not even occur in the UK.
Deep-brown Dart Aporophyla lueneburgensis
Garden Rose Tortrix
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