Monochroa lucidella. First appearance in Staffordshire and only the 9th in West Midlands.

Hummingbird hawkmoth

 

This year's cub - male?

 

 

Male badger from last year has learned to arrive early and bag all the peanuts. (25th)

5 badgers last night (22nd). One mother in foreground, two from this year (one hidden behing front left badger and one to its right) and two from last year. 

 Visited by three badgers last night. Is this mother and two cubs?

 Agonopterix propinquella or Black-spot flat-body. Uncommon in Staffs. Had a previous sighting in 2010.

Three deers came to visit this evening

 

 Frosted Green trapped by Wayne Colson. New record for the area and an uncommon moth for Staffordshire (less than half a dozen sightings since 1995).

 Dyseriocrania subpurpurella seen on Easter Day morning. 

Easter Sunday morning - a hedgehog in the garden.
 

 Larch pug. New to SK00 area.

 White-bodied conch moth. Only second record for Staffordshire. First was in August.

Vapourer moth
 

 Flame carpet in full colour.

 Mirificarma mulinella, Gorse groundling. Only 4 previous sightings in the County since 1995.

 A badger cub a mere 34 cm in height.

 Cereal Tortrix. Only the second record in Staffordshire.

 Yesterday the wheat field adjacent to the garden was harvested and the following morning this Meal moth was seen.

Small red slender, new record for SK00, Barred grass-veneer and a Buff footman compared to a Scarce footman
 

 Maple Pug. Seen elsewhere in the County, but not recorded before in SK00 (10km square including Hammerwich).

 

The false Cacao moth. Has been recorded throughout Staffordshire, but this is the first time for the 10 square kilometres around Hammerwich.