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August 24th to 30th

Thursday, 28th August, and disappointment on returning home from a holiday in the Isles of Scilly where we were inundated with moths every evening, pictures of which I will add to the site as I have time, to discover only one and that extremely uninteresting on our outside wall last night.

Just to whet your appetite here are two of my favourites and probably two of the most easily identified. To the left is the angle shades moth, phlogophora meticulosa, and to the right the green carpet moth, colostygia pectinaria. There is also a page of birds that are found in the islands.

A page of Scillonian moths has now been added. Further additions will be made in the next couple of days as I manage ot identify the moths.

Saturday, and the end of another week. The weather has turned considerably cooler and at last we have had some rain, although the pond is very low at the moment. I realise that in my search for moths perhaps I have neglected the birds a little but they soon discovered that we had returned and that the feeders were once again full. This little coal tit is one of the most regular visitors. Fortunately the squirrels do not appear to have been quite so quick and have not been at the bird food at all as yet.

There were a couple of moths on the garage wall yesterday evening, so things on the moth front are looking up. I think the one on the left of which there are 2 photos is a brindled green, dryoobotodes eremita, and the one on the right a square-spot rustic, xestia xanthographa. I am going to have to purchase a book!!

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