Eudonia angustea (Narrow-winged Grey)

 

A relatively coastal species, and one I've been waiting for for a long time. Fairly mild overnight at about 13 degrees. Accompanied by Satellite, Black Rustic, Copper Underwing, Common Marbled Carpet and Light Brown Apple Moth

Mothy Magick

A remarkable evening on Saturday night in the fog produced lots of migrants at Charles Hill. Most notable were four Convolvulus Hawk-moths that came barreling into the Lepiled.

Additional supporting cast:

2 Rush Veneer

1 Dark Sword-grass

23 Silver Y

21 Angle Shades

7 Setaceous Hebrew Characters

2 Autumnal Rustic

1 Turnip Moth

Harlequin Ladybird in Dalgety Bay

A Harlequin Ladybird yesterday was the first for Dalgety Bay. Not the most welcome of additions, as there seems to be a correlation between the appearance of these and the reduction in other ladybirds. Time will tell.

Jersey Cudweed in Dalgety Bay, flowering plant #422

After finding Jersey Cudweed new to Fife at Stenhouse a couple of weeks back it now seems it's also a pavement weed in Dalgety Bay. iRecord shows that it seems pretty well established in Edinburgh, already way in advance of the Atlas distribution

Charles Hill (reprise) Athripsodes albifrons

Athripsodes albifrons - a Caddis fly - also new to Dalgety Bay and scarce records from Fife though it seems to be a more-or-less ubiquitous species. There were other Caddis present, but this is the only one I caught. Probably there are a good number of species that could be added to the Bay list.

Charles Hill

East of Braefoot point, below Monk's Cave, I staked out the moths from 22:00 for a couple of hours, adding 4 species to the Bay total. This is what I consider to be the eastern limit of Dalgety Bay. It skirts Aberdour golf course, but Monk's Cave is in the Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay administrative area and it ain't Inverkeithing. Anyway it has lots of lovely calcicole plants and a nice coastal grassland/heath feel about it. Enough Rock Rose to host NBA too.

Lepiled and Braefoot terminal

More than met expectations with more Annulet, which I expected, but also Lobesia littoralis and Agonopterix nervosa, which I hadn't.

As a bonus, on the way out I saw a badger galumph across the road and into the undergrowth.

Annulet

A.nervosa

Lobesia littoralis

Edit - I forgot about this Least Yellow Underwing! The DBY list now stands at 2507

Species 2500 for Dalgety Bay!

A last minute quick trip to Downing Point with the Lepiled produced an Annulet moth new to Dalgety Bay (and me) during a quick session from about 11 until midnight. This is a predominantly coastal species which is recorded from a handful of places on Fife's coast.

The broad make-up of the list:

And even broader:

Agrypnia varia, Spotted Peter, Dalgety Bay #2495

 Species #2495, AKA Spotted Peter in the fly-tying world. Came to LED on edge of the bay.

(edit: a grown up has observed that this is actually a Hydropsyche species and not what I thoughti t was. - a cautionary tale on not jumping to conclusions based on first appearances! Hopefully it can still be determined)

White Plume Moth added to Dalgety Bay list - #2494

 A quick session last night produced White Plume Moth. This is a species which likes a bit of bindweed, of which there is plenty along the coastal path in this location.

Dalgety Bay list grows to 2493

 A couple of new species on the 28th in the hoverfly Leucozona laternaria and a caterpillar of the Chamomile Shark moth

New Picture-winged Flies for Dalgety Bay

 The flies Herina frondescentiae and Urophora stylata added to the Dalgety Bay list, leaving only 15 species to go until the 2500 target is reached.

Guelder-rose - flowering plant #421 for Dalgety Bay

A surprise find on my BBS survey this morning. In a hedge on Barns Farm. One little twiglet with flowers sticking out. I guess this has gone through the digestive system of a thrush or something to get here. (edit: later turned out to be quite a stretch of hedge of this that I never noticed)

Garden Treecreeper

 Not often I see one on the ground rather than on a tree trunk. Very obligingly feeding in moss outside the window.