Checking the moth lights with Dave Grundy.
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Some early morning cloud cover but better than yesterdays sky.
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I started the day with a couple of Coffee's after a not so good nights sleep and then met Dave out side the hotel and we headed out to the site where we had set 5 LED lights last night, the area had dried out considerably over night, the two ramblers which were flowing strongly last night were now a trickle at most.
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8307 . |
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8307 . |
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9632 Eremopola lenis. |
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9632 Eremopola lenis. |
Some of the more interesting species seen were 4432
Oxypteron schawerdai, 6719
Nomophila noctuella (Rush Veneer), 7598
, 7599
, 7945
8211
Rhodometra sacaria (The Vestal), 8307 , 8576
Eupithecia unedonata, 8877
Catocala elocata, 9367
Heliothis peltigera (Bordered Straw), 9370
armigera (Scarce Bordered Straw), 9433
Caradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow), 9454
Hoplodrina ambigua (Vine's Rustic)
, 9460
Spodoptera exigua (Small Mottled Willow), 9591
Agrochola lunosa (Lunar Underwing), 9632
Eremopola lenis, 9651
Aporophyla nigra (Black Rustic), 9723 , 9724 9814
Rhizedra lutosa (Large Wainscot), 10096
Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing), 10238
Peridroma saucia (Pearly Underwing), 10346
Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon), 10351
Agrotis segetum (Turnip Moth), 10535
Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa pulchella).
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9723 . |
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9723 . |
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9723 . |
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9814 Rhizedra lutosa (Large Wainscot). |
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9814 Rhizedra lutosa (Large Wainscot). |
Bird wise we also saw
Black Redstart (Colirrojo Tizón / Phoenicurus ochruros), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Common Chiffchaff (Mosquitero Común / Phylloscopus collybita), Dartford Warbler (Curruca Rabilarga / Curruca undata),
Thekla (Cogujada Montesina / Galerida theklae) and
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (Terrera Marismena / Alaudala rufescens),
Corn Bunting (Escribano Triguero / Emberiza calandra),
European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula),
Red-billed Chough (Chova Piquirroja / Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax),
Spotless Starling (Estornino Negro / Sturnus unicolor) and
White Wagtail (Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla alba).
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8877 Catocala elocata. |
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8877 Catocala elocata. |
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During the drive back home I added
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus),
Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone) just before I reached Guadix, Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), a
Griffon Vulture (Bultre Leonado / Gyps fulvus) which was being rescued from the side of the motorway by Seprona and several people from the road maintenance gangs, Black-winged Kite (Elanio Común / Elanus caeruleus) on the A92 leavel with Santa Fe, Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus),
Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus),
Iberian Magpie (Rabilargo Ibérico / Cyanopica cooki) and
Eurasian Stone Curlew (Alcaraván Común / Burhinus oedicnemus).
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9724 |
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10096 Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) and 10238 Peridroma saucia (Pearly Underwing). |
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