Wildlife Photography across the Water: Mothing in the Garden

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Mothing in the Garden

In my second go at trapping in the garden last weekend, I attracted very few moths, but then there was quite a strong moon so I think I am out of sync with the moon on my weekends at the moment, and need to get back to dark nights. I am going to try to set the trap at least every other week so I can progress the species that visit in the dark hours.

New species included the lovely Cinnabar moth - a very common and usually seen easily enough in daylight hours, but I have never photographed them before so that was a bonus.

The Heart & Dart is a very common species and can be attracted to light in great numbers, and once again there were half o dozen of these in.

The moth that I have labelled as the Tawny Shears is the one I am least confident that I have got right, so if there are any lepidopterists that read the blog, please do put me right if I am off here.

Finally, the Buff Ermine is a lovely moth and this one is a male.

Cinnabar

Heart & Dart (so called form the shapes on the wings)

~~Tawny Shears ?~~ Nutmeg ( Thanks David)

Male Buff Ermine

I also borrowed a Bat Detector from some of the ecologists were I work. Activity was faint, with recordings of just one Pipistrelle on each of Friday and Saturday night. will have another go later in the year to see if there are any others about.

In my next blog, I will bring you some butterflies, including new species to me including the Duke of Burgundy, Small Blue and Brown Argus from a day trip I made to Gloucestershire last week.

Martin

2 comments:

Unknown18 May 2011 at 21:11
Try the Large Nutmeg - http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2333.

I am no expert but it looks bang on to me ;)
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WPATW19 May 2011 at 06:44
Dave,

Many thanks and yes checking back through my book I would go with that.

Thanks for your help
Martin
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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.