Ni moth - a migrant. First seen in Staffordshire in 2025 and rare,
 

                                    Tree-Lichen beauty new to Hammerwich and the 10km square SK00

 

                                 Double-striped knot-horn new to Hammerwich and the map area SK00 

                             Rosy Knot Horn moth. New to Staffordshire

                                              Incurvaria masculella. New to Hammerwich.

                            Came this afternoon

                                                   Muslin moth

                                                              Pine beauty

 

Leopard Slug

 

 

Sparrowhawk caught a pigeon off the roof.

 

                Marbled yellow pearl - new to middle England. This migrant moth has rarely appeared along the south coast from Devon to Kent, in East Anglia and on Spurn head in Yorkshire. It has never been seen north of the Thames in middle England.

                     Appears to be three fawns and a hind passing by at 12.30am.

                                     Hornet in garden August 2025
 

                                          Lesser-black backed gull in the garden - a first

 Coleophora versurella appears to be only the second record in Staffs,

  Four moths found to be new to the Hammerwich area - 10kilometres squared known as SK00.

Chilo phragmitella also called Reed veneerr

Metalampra italica also called Italien bark moth

                                             Small marbled moth

                        Phyllonorycter platani  also called Plane leaf miner

 

 

  

Acleris ferruganana or notana but with an unusual tuftiness.

                          Ruby-tailed wasp. Flew into the conservatory.

              Sandwich terns and Atlantic seal at Cemaes Bay Nature reserved north Anglesey

     This years' family. Two adults and two young.