The Pros and Quins of Tilburstow / Stoke's Webb's

On the 6th August, the mothing event was at Tilburstow Hill near Godstone, but it was cold, and it passed largely uneventfully. Best was the pretty micro Mompha propinquella.

6th August, Tilburstow Hill:

Riband Wave

Small Fan-footed Wave

Uncertain

Dunbar

Small Rivulet

Yellow-tail

LBBYU

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Pale Prominent

Maiden's Blush

Buff Footman

Rosy Footman

Mottled Beauty

Lesser Swallow Prominent

Common Footman

Red Twin-spot Carpet

Early Thorn

Clay

Svensson's Copper Underwing

Small Phoenix

Coxcomb Prominent

Common Rustic

Peacock

Nut-tree Tussock

Pebble Hook-tip

Willow Beauty

Black Arches

Copper Underwing

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Iron Prominent

Least Yellow Underwing

Mompha propinquella

Last night, there was a night-life event at Stoke Meadows in Guildford. Conditions were pretty good, so its a surprise we got so few moths in two traps, but at least we got the nice wetland specialists of a couple of Webb's Wainscot and about six Crescent. Sorry about the awful shots, but I was rushed trying to deal with the public at the same time!

11th August, Stoke Meadows:

Webb's Wainscot

Yellow Shell

Small Dotted Buff

Pale Mottled Willow

Old Lady

Common Rustic

Green Carpet

Brimstone

Copper Underwing

Straw Dot

Flame Shoulder

LBBYU

Svensson's Copper Underwing

Small Seraphim

Common Carpet

Smoky Wainscot

Tawny Speckled Pug

Crescent

Small Rufous

Dunbar

Turnip

Old Lady - found roosting in a concrete outflow pipe

Webb's Wainscot

Crescent

Webb catches very little at events

My next couple of nights out, on the 12th and 13th August, had appaling weather, so I only stayed for a couple of hours. However, both Stoke Meadows, Guildford, and Blackheath, did produce one good sighting each. At Stoke the target species appeared immediately, in the shape of two Webb's Wainscot. And Blackheath had a female Orange Swift (although neither of these are lifers):

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Stoke Meadows, 12th August:

Yellow Shell

Common Carpet

Cloaked Carpet

Small Rufous

Webb's Wainscot

Dingy Footman

Round-winged Muslin

Pale Prominent

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Webb's Wainscot

Blackheath, 13th August:

Orange Swift

July Highflyer

Black Arches

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Turnip

True Lovers Knot

Small Fan-footed Wave

Tawny-barred Angle

Vine's Rustic

Brimstone

Pine Hawk-moth

Orange Swift

I am not fully caught up yet, so watch this space.