Cullaloe 11th June 2015

Another quickie, 22:30-23;30, produced a few records and a long-anticipated Peach Blossom. Mostly the place was crawling with Silver-ground Carpets. Three Brown Rustics and a couple of Brimstone were also present, a pug I haven't ID'd yet and a couple of also as-yet-unidentified micros

(Pug was Brindled)

Mossmorran 10th June

A nice quicky from 22:30 to 23:30

Sallow Kitten (1)
Pebble Hook-tip (1)
Broken-barred Carpet (1)
Clouded Silver (1)
Common Wave (2)
Engrailed (1)
Pug species 1 (1)
Pug species 2 (1)
Plume Moth (1)
Common Heath (1)
Diamond backed micro (1)

Went to bed after I got in so some still undetermined species

Common Wave

Clouded Silver

Sallow Kitten

Pebble Hook-tip

Sallow Kitten release

Engrailed

Plume moth

Smaller of two Pug species

Diamond backed micro

Inverkeithing, 10 June 2015 - Dark Gorse Piercer

Sinister name for a tiny botherer of Gorse. There seemed to be plenty flitting around the gorse but it didn't look any the worse for wear. Mind you I think it only bothers the seeds

Hill of Beath, 9th June 2015

Hill of Beath, 9th June 2015 - heath trap 22:00-02:30

Small Phoenix (1)
Heart & Dart (1)
Clouded-bordered Brindle (1)

Heart & Dart

Clouded-bordered Brindle

Small Phoenix

Kinghorn, c.20:00-21:00
Light Brown Apple Moth (4) - on various garden plants
Esperia sulphurella - on leaf of a border plant

Another office tick - Common Swift

Found on the wall at lunchtime above the uplighter. Interestingly as many mornings I checked the wall this morning and there was no sign. I'm assuming they crawl up from some hiding place during the morning

Cullaloe LNR, May 28th 2015

Just a quickie between 21:30 and 23:00 with some headtorch wanderings. Most were netted while walking. A very large moth flew away from us never to be relocated. Most likely a hawk moth of some type (Poplar maybe - it was very big)

The list:Common Wave (2)
Water Carpet (1)
Silver-Ground Carpet (1)
Brindled Pug (1)
Ancylis badiana: (1)

The pictures:

Dusk

SGC

Common Wave

Common Wave

Brindled Pug

Mossmorran, Fife, 25th May 2015

A large emergence of day-flying Common Heath moths has occurred at Mossmorrran, with 100s on the wing and moths flying up at every step through the heather. Given the ongoing work there that seems to relate to peat extraction maybe we should make the most of it while it lasts