Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Redshank over & return to the Broad- leaves

On Wednesday 24th July at 11.30pm, as I was checking what is left of the Runner Bean plants and picking off the Snails after yet more rain, I heard the unmistakable call of a single Redshank flying due south over the garden it called 3X. On Friday 26th July, I returned to the Broad- leaved Helleborines delighted to find more plants totalling 14 all along the path. I saw Jeremy G and walking back, 2 girls were looking at something in the gutter, it turned out to be a tiny froglet, so I caught and released it by the pond on the nearby patch. An intersting micro moth was seen on the car too. Would love to know what it is? POSTSCRIPT: Many thanks to Robert J. who kindly pointed out this was a Twenty-Plume Moth

2 comments:

Robert Jaques said...

The moth is a Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)!

Peter Ransome said...

Many thanks for IDing this micro moth Robert