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A good haul from the garden (VC34) last night. Amongst plentiful December Moths and Feathered Thorns were a Crocidosema plebejana (a Migrant Lepidoptera ?), Rusty-dot Pearl and Angle Shades, and an Acleris umbrana. 40 of 10 in all.

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These cape lappet caterpillars respond to human voice and noise. [📹 Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust: buff.ly/3iAR9a3] [read more: buff.ly/3vN5LHb]

Good haul of December Moths in the garden trap last night. 40 in all, a garden record. VC34.

2022 #moth highlights: In a top Migrant Lepidoptera year, major rarities evaded me, but I did catch this Splendid Brocade, trapping Dungeness Bird Observatory in late June with Jacob Spinks. Dotted Footman from the same trap.

2022 #moth highlights: Local Glos 'away' trapping provided some good records: White-marked (Box Wood, 1st 10km sq record this century), Light Feathered Rustic (1st Rodborough Common record this century), Frosted Green (Box) and Dotted Chestnut (Stanley Woods) both new for tetrad

Highlights from 2022 Glos #moth group trapping events, courtesy of SteveF. Square-spot Dart from a baking hot August night at Bromsberrow, first Glos record since 1866. Zimmermannia amani from trapping at Hartpury Uni woodland in July, v few UK records and 1st for VC.

A memorable day of #moths in June 2022, starting with Silky Wave in the Avon gorge and ending with new-for- S-Wales Dotted Fan-foot at Magor Marsh with George Tordoff, after a tortuous 3hr journey from home to that should have taken 40 minutes but for a lorry fire on the Severn Bridge.

Goosander making good use of the unfrozen water on the Stroudwater Canal nr Capels Mill this morning #GlosBirds

Top bit of Otter porpoising on the #Stroud water canal at Capel's Mill this morning. A Water Rail on the bank here too StroudValleysProject #GlosBirds

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4 Swifts over Rodborough in #Stroud this morning #GlosBirds

A huge garden catch last night, 478 of 116 species, including two new for garden macros: Bird's Wing and Dog's Tooth. August Thorn and Four-spotted Footman also nice to see. VC34. #moths

This Watsonalla sp. was trapped in my VC34 garden on 07.10.23, and seems to show features of Spiny Hook-tip W. uncinula. Any views welcome Phil Sterling dave grundy🇪🇺😷

This is now confirmed as Spiny Hook-tip (Watsonalla uncinula). Appears to be the first confirmed mainland UK record!

#GlosBirds 2 cattle egret on South Lake Slimbridge Sightings this afternoon

Downland Villa and Hornet Robberfly from Swift's Hill in Gloucestershire yesterday #invertebrates

Osprey just flown N over Frampton green #glosbirds

Steady trickle of Swallows (c. 20 so far) heading south over the house in Rodborough this morning #GlosBirds