MEGA BIRD NEWS:2nd May 2026-Lesser Kestrel-Cornwall-Croft Pascoe Pool-Adult male still showing well in roadside bush at 50.0280, -5.1723; very limited parking, park considerately in layby (TR12 6SN) and walk through woods to end of plantation to view-Zitting Cisticola-Suffolk-Walberswick NNR-Displaying male again over saltmarsh between beach and Dunwich River; use Cliff Field car park (IP18 6TX; card/app payment only) and walk south-west along beach for c 1km to view from 52.3063, 1.6560. View only from the seawall, do not walk out on the raised bank-Stejneger's Scoter-Fife-East Wemyss-2nd-summer drake still on sea; use Weavers Court car park (KY1 4RT) and view from Wemyss Caves
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22.8.25

TRAPPING MOTHS ON THE ISLES OF SCILLY

I have just returned from ten days on the Isles of Scilly and would like to extend my thanks to Mick Scott for kindly allowing Dan Pointon and me to view the moths he trapped each morning at his house in Longstones.


Here are a few of the moths that Mick trapped:

Small Marbled

White-point

Clay Triple-lines

Chinese Character

Small Angel Shades


Buff-tip

Rosy-striped knot-horn

Four-spotted Footman



Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Old World Webworm

Vestal

Ruby Tiger

Radford's Flame Shoulder

Straw Underwing

Portland Ribbon Wave

White-speck

Garden Pebble

Hemp-agrimony Plume

Pebble Prominent

Silver Y

Striped-hawk Moth

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