Following the suggestion at the recent AGM to make more use of the MMBG blog, we are posting the results of our recent moth trapping at home in Abergavenny (to be entered on to the SEWBReC website), and our weekly Transect Butterfly Survey (which is entered on to the UKBMS website)
Moths to light at Abergavenny
7th May. Angle Shades (1), Brimstone Moth (2), Clouded Drab (1), Common Marbled Carpet (3), Common Pug (2), Common Quaker (2), Flame Shoulder (2), Garden Carpet (1), Hebrew Character (2), Least Black Arches (1), Muslin Moth (3), Oak-tree Pug (1), Shuttle-shaped Dart (5), Spectacle (1)
13th May. Alder Moth (1), Brimstone Moth (1) Flame Shoulder (1), Grey Dagger (1), Poplar Hawkmoth (1), Shuttle-shaped Dart (1)
Butterflies at Blackrock Quarry This site used to include a wide range of the smaller butterflies but unfortunately is now becoming overgrown.
14th May. Brimstone (1), Common Blue (18), Dingy Skipper (15), Green Vein (3) Orange Tip (1), Peacock (1), Small White (3), Speckled Wood (1)
Mike Hoult and Val Deisler
Thanks Mike and Val. I guess The Covid pandemic prevented management at Blackrock Quarry by Butterfly Conservation for the past couple of years. Those numbers of common blue and dingy skipper look good to me, but presumably you used to get more. Are there species missing now?
ReplyDeleteI've checked the UKBMS annual summaries for the less common species. These are the 2021 figures compared with (2016) (2017) (2019). No species were actually missing last year but we could anticipate some losses from now on if habitat deterioration continues. Small/Essex Skipper 10 (44) (57) (29); Large Skipper 3 (16) (4) (13); Dingy Skipper 14 (38) (39) (77); Green Hairstreak 5 (7) (4) (6); Small Copper 20 (7) (18) (9); Common Blue 123 (77) (265) (129); Small Pearl-bordered Frit 10 (31) (12) (26); Grayling 2 (3) (0) (9); Gatekeeper 17 (18) (21) (36); Small Heath 22 (19) (37) (88).
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