FlyinginFordham: Still catching up

A quieter night on the 28th of June, despite a warm day and a warm night, I say quieter.. there were still over 60 species present.

As the summer progresses, the new species for the year will inevitably slow down. Everything has been remarkably early with all this warm weather and Common Rustics and Tree-lichen Beauties have been on the wing already this year.

15 years ago these species were more associated with a mid to late July catch, peaking in August.

Highlights of the night included the Brown Plume, Stenoptilia pterodactyla, fairly scarce in my garden with only a couple of records.

Dark Spectacle is always nice to see, the scarcer of the two googly-eyed customers.

Oncocera semirubella was another uncommon visitor, sadly well past its best.

During the day a Six-belted Clearwing came to its own lure which was nice.

It has been a little quiet for Clearwings in my garden this year.

The nights stayed warm right up until the 2nd of July, with a little blip the temperatures fell away so a night off was needed, back on it tonight though.