The Brick - Sitches Plantation, Beeley Moor

Decent night last night thanks to the warm weather. At least 10 Brick and Feathered Thorn were new for the year, we had at least 50 Grey Pine Carpet, 6 Yellow-line Quaker, 2 Flounced Chestnut, 4 Frosted Orange, a nice example of acleris cristana and a Eudonia which I think is murana/truncicollella.

The Brick

Feathered Thorn - Sitches Plantation, Beeley Moor

Feathered Thorn

Grey Pine Carpet - Sitches Plantation, Beeley Moor

A couple of nice examples, one a melanic.

Grey Pine Carpet

Acleris cristana - Sitches Plantation, Beeley Moor

Nice example of cristana of the dark form profanana.

Acleris cristana f. profanana

Vine's Rustic

Not so many moths at home but did get another Vine's Rustic, Pale Mottled Willow, 2 Frosted Orange and both Red and Yellow-line Quakers - hoping for migrants!

Vine's Rustic

Epirrita spp - Clough Wood

Trapped in Clough Wood last night with the temperature at 16 Centigrade. Caught the first Epirrita of the year, either November, Pale November or Autumnal but couldn't say which.
also 3 Merveille du Jour, 2 Green-brindled Crescent, first Mottled Umber of the autumn, Dusky Thorn, a late Broad-bordered yellow Underwing, 4 Barred Sallow and Sallow and the micro Argyrethia bonnetella.

Epirrita spp

Argyresthia bonnetella - Clough Wood

Argyresthia bonnetella or possibly pruniella.

Argyresthia bonnetella

Green-brindled Crescent f. capucina

The temperature dropped to 6 Centigrade last night so not surprisingly it was a low catch just just 18 moths of 11 species including another Agonopterix arenella and the dark capucina form of the Green-brindled Crescent. Hoping for more from the warmer weather forecast.

Green-brindled Crescent f. capucina

Epinotia nisella f. decorana Stone Centre, Cromford

Shame this specimen of Epinotia nisella is a bit worn, this form with orange in the centre of the wing, would be quite striking when fresh - we caught two during the evening.

Epinotia nisella f. decorana

Merveille du Jour - Stone Centre, Cromford

A reasonable catch at Cromford which included the first Merveille du Jour of the year, plus 2 Yellow-line Quaker and 10 Barred Sallow, Dusky Thorn, Straw Dot and Orange Sallow. Plus a tortrix to id.

Merveille du Jour

Yellow-line Quaker

Twenty species of macro moth in the trap at home last night which included the first Yellow-line Quaker of the year also Pink-barred, Centre Barred and Barred Sallow, 2 Silver Y, 2 Spruce Carpet and Angle Shades.

Yellow-line Quaker

Last of the Wheatears?

We are getting towards the end of the autumn Wheatears now, there were three on the moor this morning. This juvenile was quite approachable.

Wheatear - juvenile

Acleris emargana

Generally a quieter night with heavy rain up to mid-night at least, Acleris emergana was new for the year and is a less than annual species for me so is probably scarce in the Peak District. Another Red-green Carpet, Grey Pine Carpet, Angle Shades and Dotted Clay with 11 Lunar Underwing.

Acleris emargana

Red-line Quaker

Better night at home 43 moths of 19 species which included Red-line Quaker and Blair's Shoulder-knot new for the year. Also Willow Beauty, Snout, Frosted Orange 2, Lunar Underwing 9, Spruce Carpet, Pale-mottled Willow, and Silver Y.
The moth list for the year now stands at 401 species with these latest additions.

Red-line Quaker

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Blair's shoulder-knot