Trapping and ringing

Today we combined bird ringing with moth trapping. The moths went first, with the trap left on overnight. I got up early and blocked up their escape routes, then went back to bed. Next, Del and Jacqui came round and we put up a couple of nets to catch some birds. 

Conditions were really a bit too breezy to be much good, but we caught

• Great Tit, 14 - all juveniles
• Blue Tit, 4
• Greenfinch, 4 (3 juvs, 1 adult male)
• Dunnock, 3

and three Swallow nestlings

Baby Swallow

Inbetween net rounds we went through the moth catch (it didn't take long - only c60 moths of 25 species).

The Olive - first for the garden

Yellow Shell

Flame Shoulder

Bordered Pug - another first for the garden

Not much of a moth list today.

• Mother of Pearl, 13
• Common Rustic/Lesser Common Rustic, 7
• Setaceous Hebrew Character, 6
• Willow Beauty, 5
• Cloaked Minor, 4
• Dark Arches, 3
• Flame Shoulder, 3
• Dusky Sallow, 2
• Lime-speck Pug, 2
• Straw Underwing, 2

and

• Bordered Pug
• Cabbage Moth
• Common Wainscot
• Dingy Footman
• Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
• Oak Hook-tip
• Pale Prominent
• Purple Bar
• Rosy Rustic
• Silver Y
• Small Magpie Moth
• The Drinker
• The Olive
• The Spectacle
• Yellow Shell

photos taken with Canon Powershot A640