Oblique Carpet. 5th sighting in County since 1995

Bucculatrix demaryella, only the third record in Staffs since modern records (1995) began.

Alder Kitten and White Ermine

Suphur tubic–Esperia sulphurella

Early one morning

Poplar hawkmoth, Scalloped hazel and Angle shades.

On Hammerwich Square

Chinese Character, Double-striped Pug, Muslin Moth, Flame Carpet and Waved Umber.

Green Hairstreak–Cannock Chase

Chocolate tip

Adders, male and female. Cannock Chase

Common oak purple–Dyseriocrania subpurpurella

Tree bumble bee–Bombus hypnorum

Black vine weevil–surprisingly not recorded for Hammerwich (SK00). A pest.

First for my garden

Treecreeper

Lunar marbled brown and Pine Beauty

Fox in the garden

First moth of the year, a March moth and an Oak Beauty on Palm Sunday

Red Deer Chasewater