More recent moths

Trachycera advenellaYellow-tailAethes rubigana

Early ThornPhlyctaenia perlucidalisCommon White WavePhycitodes binaevellaArgyresthia brockeellaAgapeta hamanaEpermenia chaerophyllella

Buff Footman

Three hawks

Privet, Elephant and Poplar Hawkmoths

Brown-tail, new for the garden

WHen I first saw this lovely moth, it was from this angle, and I took it for a Yellow-tail, as its tail looked yellow (as in this photo). It was only later I realised that it had a brown abdomen after all (the clean white wings should have been a giveaway).

Wood Sandpiper at Maxey pits

I finally added Wood Sandpiper to my Peterborough area year list (now 177). Last year I failed to find one at all, but last night found one at Maxey, here shown with a Green Sandpiper and Lapwing (all digiscoped from considerable distance, but you get the gist).

Garden Moths, 17.7.13

Cream-bordered Green Pea

Red-necked Footman Privet Hawkmoths

Buff FootmanCatropia pinellaClouded Border Donacaula forficella Pammene aurita

Small Emerald

White Plume Moth

White Satin Moth

Garden moths, 15.7.13

Caloptilia stigmatellaCoronetDiamond-back MothGreen Oak Tortrix Large Fruit-tree MothLozotaenia forsterana Maple ProminentPammene regianaSmall Blood-vein

Phoenix, new for the garden

Pacific Golden Plover, Rutland Water

I've got the Chalkhill Blues