Little Egret

This Little Egret was the only Bird that came out in the rain for me this weekend. Will Cattle Egrets be as common as these one day?

Moth Pics

Couldn't go out birding in the rain or more like i didn't want to get wet so i set up a website with my Moth pictures on.Check out the links on the left hand side.www.pics-by-nathan.fotopic.net.Also had a immigrant in the trap last night called a Silver Y.Not sure how regular they are in Gwent so if anyone knows please leave a message.I will try and update the pics as often as possible.

Scrap

Highlights of this morning were 2 House Martins having a scrap over the best bit of mud for there nests.Very quite at Goldcliff Pools with just a handful of waders present.

Great White

Popped up to Cantref Reservoir after work to pick up a year tick in the form of a Great White Egret.Showing well as soon as i arrived and still showing well when i left.

Weekly Moths

Flame Shoulder 17 - Brimstone 11-
Small Phoenix 1- Nut Tree Tussock 6-
Yellow Barred Brindle 1- Cabbage Moth 1-
Waved Umber 1- Garden Carpet 5-
Red Twin spot Carpet 1- Grey Dagger 1-
Spectacle 3- Muslin Moth 3-
Mocha 1- Swallow Prominent 1-
Buff Ermine 3- Common Pug 1-
Hebrew Character 1- Alder Moth 1-
Pine Beauty 1- Sallow Kitten 2-
Miller 1- Heart And Dart 3-
Shuttle Shaped Dart 2- Orange Footman 1-
Angle Shades 1- Light Brocade 1-
Treble Lines 2 - Early Grey 3-
Pale Tussock 1-
And Then Possibles
Pale Mottled Willow
Bee Moth
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Vines Rustic
Common Marbled Carpet.

A Bit of Passage

A bit of passage movement this weekend with 16 Sanderlings 5 Bar Tailed Godwits on West Usk Beach and a around the same number at Goldcliff.Also at Goldcliff a couple of Little Stints 4 Artic Skuas and a comic Tern all mid Channel.

Take a look at what the fishermen left behind.

2ND For Newport

Ive Been informed this evening that the mocha i caught last weekend was a second record for Newport.Cool!!!

Also a couple of pics from last weekends birdwatching activities.

Mothing

Invested in a skinner moth trap last week and have run it 3 times so far.Numbers have varied over the last 3 nights but the best night for numbers was the night we had the heavy rain and thunderstorms.I did get a moth called a Mocha which is classed as scarce in Gwent.Not to forget a Garganey showed reasonably well from the second platform at Goldcliff.