There was an event on at Sheet's Heath this evening, which is a heathland/woodland site near Woking, right next to Bisley shooting centre. However, the forecast looked appalling, with the rain careering in around 10:00pm. I thought it was worth going just in case. It did cloud over around 9:00, as forecast, but incredibly, we just experienced one or two light showers, until we packed up at 1:00, with no threat to our electronics thank goodness. With the cloud cover at least temperatures stayed constant, although it had not been a hot day. We had four traps running, so normally I would be a little dissappionted with the numbers we got, but considering the forecast, I was happy with anything! As a matter of fact quality was very high, with several scarce species, and three lifers. These included two heathland specialists, with Dotted Border Wave, and the stunning Purple-bordered Gold, as well as three Plain Waves (I was surprised at how striking the latter was, being smaller than Riband, with clear dots, but faint lines).
6th July, Sheet's Heath;
Dunbar
Riband Wave
True Lover's Knot
Swallowtail
Brown Rustic
Double Square-spot
Suspected
Dark Arches
Clouded Silver
Coronet
Iron Prominent
Purple-bordered Gold*
Oak Nycteoline
Mottled Beauty
Poplar Grey
September Thorn
Smoky Wainscot
Elephant Hawk
Buff Arches
Narrow-winged Pug
Heart and Dart
Peppered Moth (including a carbonaria example)
Scarce Footman
Striped Wainscot
Flame
Willow Beauty
Light Emerald
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Marbled White-spot
Grass Emerald
July Highflyer
Pine Hawk
Pebble Prominent
Buff-tip
Uncertain
Purple Clay
Heart and Club
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Rustic
Plain Wave*
Silver Y
Common Footman
Dotted Border Wave*
Total: 44
carbonaria Peppered Moth
Suspected
September Thorn
Grass Emerald
Dotted Border Wave
Plain Wave
Purple-bordered Gold
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