FlyinginFordham: Canvey Wick by day

Decided to do some day netting for anything I could find.

The weather was warm and partly sunny with a stiff SW breeze which made it difficult in some areas to net the disturbed moths.

I managed a very pleasing list of moths and Butterflies.
Butterfly highlights included several sightings of Marbled White, Essex Skipper and Small Heath.
Moth highlights included new moths for me Aethes tesserana, Grapholita compositella and Pammene aurana.

My only annoying moment was when I faffed and missed a Red-tipped Clearwing! still it's a new one for me, just without a photo.

Canvey Wick SSSI - Canvey Island, Essex

Butterflies

Marbled White - Many
Essex Skipper - Many
Small Skipper - Few
Small Heath - Few
Red Admiral - 1
Small Tortoiseshell - 1

Macro Moths

Red-tipped Clearwing - 1 [NEW!]
Treble-bar - 1
Silver-Y - Few
Lesser Cream Wave - Few
Yellow Shell - Few
Treble Brown Spot - 1

Micro Moths

Aethes tesserana - 1 [NEW!]
Grapholita compositella - 1 [NEW!]
Pammene aurana - 1 [NEW!]
Hedya salicella - Many [NFY]
Homoeosoma sinuella - Many [NFY]
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix Archips podana - 1 Female [NFY]
Red-barred Tortrix Ditula angustiorana [NFY]
Pyrausta despicta - 1 [NFY]

Gypsonoma dealbana - Few [NFY]
Celypha lacunana - Many
Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana - Few
Elachista argentella - Few
Crambus lathoniellus - Many
Nemophora degeerella - Few
Cnephasia sp. - Many