After the very hot days it was lovely to have a bit of a breeze and lower temperatures.

The moth trap had caught a good number of moths including 4 Hawk moths, even though it had been windy during the night:

7 Brown Tail, 16 Garden Grass-Veneer, 1 Catopria pinella, 4 Piniphilia bifasciana, 10 Cnephasia spec., 1 Scarlet Tiger, 23 Common Footman, 1 Sharp-angled Peacock, 3 Willow beauty, 3 Buff Ermine, 2 Heart and Dart, 2 Riband Wave, 5 Dark Arches, 1 Poplar Hawk-moth, 4 Heart and Club, 8 Large-yellow Underwing, 1 Silver Y, 6 The Uncertain, 1 Least Carpet, 1 Eyed Hawk-moth, 1 Eudonia delunella, 2 Rosy Footman, 2 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Lozotaeniodes Formosa, 1 Drinker, 1 The Rustic, 1 Mottled Rudstic, 1 Vitula bivella, 1 Elephant Hawl-moth, 3 Haworth’s Pug, 1 Noctua janthe/janthina agg., 1 Eana incanana, 2 Eudonia lacustrata, 1 Pine Hawk-moth, 1 Garden Grey, 2 Sand Dart, 1 Large Pale Masoner, 1 Cnephasia incertana, 1 Striped Wainscot.

Elephant Hawk-moth

Eyed Hawk-moth

Poplar Hawk-moth

Today’s butterflies and other insects which I could identify (there were many more):

5 Large White, 12 White sp., 4 Painted Lady, 20 Meadow Brown, 2 Admiral, 2 Peacock, 1 Large Skipper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Gatekeeper, 2 Small Heath, 2 Essex Skippers, 1 Ruddy Darter, 1 Black-tailed Skimmer.

Gatekeeper

Essex Skipper

The bird highlights were 4 Spoonbill, 25 Lapwing incl. juveniles and 3 Redshank also incl. juveniles on Broadwater, furthermore 2 Marsh Harrier of which one was a juvenile.

 

Bee

Norfolk Bird News from Rare Bird Alert

Norfolk Common Crane ad Rawhall still at Old Beetley at School Road Flash at 10.25am 52.7308,0.9077: Viewed from 52.7303,0.9102

Norfolk BLACK-WINGED KITE ad Sea Palling still 9.55am south of The Marrams viewed from double metal gate c52.7930,1.5836 Viewed from c52.7949,1.5891 NR12 0AL

Norfolk Glossy Ibis ad Cley NWT still on Pat’s Pool at 8.29am (Wood Sand on Simmonds’s Scrape) c52.9577,1.0553 Viewed from c52.9577,1.0546 Park at c52.9544,1.0567

Norfolk BLACK-WINGED KITE ad Sea Palling still south of The Marrams viewed from double metal gate at 8.20am then flew south c52.7930,1.5836 Viewed from c52.7949,1.5891 NR12 0AL