RXwildlife Sightings

Much better over the last couple of mornings, with richer catches and new species for the year appearing thick and fast. Personal highlight today was Blood-vein (below), a very attractive moth with a red cross-line and red-edging on straw coloured wings (the image below does not really do it credit). I catch a handful a year here, but getting one in the trap always results in appreciative noises regardless of how many I have seen!

Another newcomer was Rustic Shoulder-knot (bottom), a nationally common species which I don’t see very often and which caused me a bit of a mental block this morning. Definitely a ‘doh’ moment when I realised what it was.

Posted in Moths, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve | by Chris Bentley