After a few nights away from home for Christmas I decided to stick the moth trap out again last night, as the weather is still ridiculously mild for the time of year. Sure enough a total of five moths were attracted to the trap, with a mixture of winter and spring species.
Representing winter was a single winter moth, the first I've caught in this garden, and also a Chestnut and a Mottled Umber. From the spring range of moths there was a single Pale Brindled Beauty, which I'd normally expect to start catching in February, and a Spring Usher, which as the name suggests doesn't usually fly in mid-winter!
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| Pale Brindled Beauty |
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| Spring Usher |
I also refilled the bird feeders which had been thoroughly emptied in my absence, and a little while later did a double take at what at first glance looked like a beige Great Tit - the first Marsh Tit for the garden! I quickly set up the camera to take some bad photos, and got an unexpected bonus when the first Nuthatch for the garden also dropped in. Hopefully they'll stick around until big garden birdwatch weekend!
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| Marsh Tit |
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| Nuthatch |
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