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Southampton, England
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A great couple of days @gibpoint . Thrushes everywhere, 1000s of Pink-feet, Woodcocks in the dunes & a 'Merv'. An excursion to Donna Nook produced the the best views of Pallas's Warbler I've ever had.
ALT Fieldfare. Surely the best Thrush.
ALT Merveille du Jour. 1st site record.
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@MOTHIDUK caught this on Shetland last night and struggling with the identification. What do you think? Thanks
@ClevedonMoths
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Terrible service from @British_Airways electronic check in unavailable beforehand & now stuck in a queue for manual check in. Only 4 desks open & >100 people queueing. No chance of catching a 7:10 flight. Dreadful service.
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1st trapping session for 10 days produced 144:44 including this Burnished Brass nfy. Precious little evidence of migration with just 1 each of Silver Y & Rusty Dot Pearl.
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130:43 this morning with Cabbage, Dark Spectacle & Copper Underwing 📸 new for the year. Also 3rd record of Light Crimson Underwing.
102:46 this morning in Southampton incl Mullein Wave (NFG) & 2nd record of Gypsy Moth.
ALT Gypsy Moth
ALT Mullein Wave. The only shot I got before it flew.
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Standard stuff in a total of 113:54 from the Soton trap this morning. The only exceptions were the 2nd garden record of Light Crimson Underwing 📸 & Paraswammerdamia albicapitella which was new for the garden.
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Some away mothing on the Hants downs last night produced 149:78. Most numerous was Ruby Tiger with 75. Several NFYs incl Dark Umber 📸. Also Ancylis unculana & Euspilapteryx auroguttella were both ✅️✅️.
ALT Dark Umber
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102:50 from the Southampton MV this morning. Pammene aurita nfg & Tree-lichen Beauty nfy. Commonest moth Jersey Tiger with 11.
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A pleasing total on 138:43 in the Soton trap this morning incl Small Angle Shades (nfg) & some infrequent visitors such as Lackey & Swallowtail.
ALT Small Angle Shades & Lackey
ALT Swallowtail Moth
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89:35 in the Soton trap this morning incl Shears new for the garden plus a Toadflax Brocade on Toadflax.
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A brief but really enjoyable trip to Noar Hill, Hants with @StevePa46290725 this morning. Six species of orchid including plenty of Musk & Frog.
ALT Musk Orchid
ALT Frog Orchid
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74:28 this morning with 5 NFYs including this Brussels Lace which was only the 2nd garden record.
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A 3 orchid detour on my way back from Portsmouth this morning incl my 1st Hants Lizard. Thanks to @in_solent for the gen.
ALT Lizard Orchid
ALT Pyramidal Orchid
ALT Bee Orchid
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Cool, clear & breezy in Southampton overnight resulting in another modest catch. NFYs incl this Toadflax Brocade and Piniphila bifasciana was a garden tick.
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1st half century of the year from the Soton trap with 63:27. Handful of NFYs including this Figure of 80 & 3 Silver Ys the first migrants. @MigrantMothUK
39:25 in Southampton this morning with a nice range of NFYs. New for the garden was this Duponchelia fovealis. Only c20 records for Hants according to hantsmoths.org.uk
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