I set up the Trail Camera to overlook the apples on the picnic table, in the hope to entice the male Blackcap I had seen the day before, in my neighbours Buckthorn. That didn't happen but I did capture a female Blackcap instead, along with Blackbirds, a Great Tit, a Blue Tit and the overwintering Robin.
In order as they appeared, a Blue Tit, the over-wintering Robin, two Blackbirds (possibly first-winter female and male), a female Blackcap and a fleeting glimpse of a Great Tit.
Tuesday - 10th April
Sadly only one video captured on the Trail Camera. Me turning it off, and then to find out later, when I downloaded the footage from yesterday, that I had used up all the memory on the SD Card.
Wednesday - 11th April
It was another wet soggy morning, following on from yesterdays deluge. I had put the moth trap out last night, and despite the rain, a moderate north-easterly wind and the temperature dropping to 6.0°C, there were 2 moths present, and hundreds of craneflies.
Highlight though was seeing a couple of Redwings chattering away in the Sycamore at the back of the garden. My first for the year. With the rain tipping it down, it wasn't possible to get a photo of them. Though I did manage a photo of Ted.
So in the moth trap were 2 moths of 2 species.
*First for year
**Lifers
2026 Moth List Here.
Moths recorded:
#1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x1
#2 Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea x1
Also in the trap were hundreds of craneflies
Tuesday - 10th April
Sadly only one video captured on the Trail Camera. Me turning it off, and then to find out later, when I downloaded the footage from yesterday, that I had used up all the memory on the SD Card.
Wednesday - 11th April
It was another wet soggy morning, following on from yesterdays deluge. I had put the moth trap out last night, and despite the rain, a moderate north-easterly wind and the temperature dropping to 6.0°C, there were 2 moths present, and hundreds of craneflies.
Highlight though was seeing a couple of Redwings chattering away in the Sycamore at the back of the garden. My first for the year. With the rain tipping it down, it wasn't possible to get a photo of them. Though I did manage a photo of Ted.
Ted enjoying the rain. More than me though!!
*First for year
**Lifers
2026 Moth List Here.
Moths recorded:
#1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x1
#2 Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea x1
#1 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
#2 Feathered Ranunculus Polymixis lichenea
#2 Feathered Ranunculus
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Also in the trap were hundreds of craneflies
As soon as I opened up the moth trap..............
.............hundreds of Winter Craneflies Trichocera annulata flew out.
Those that remained were, "I think" making sure there were more next year.
