Portland Bird Observatory - wildlife diary

30th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 *Plutella xylostella* and 1 Silver Y.
29th June	A pair of Red-veined Darters that were seen coupled and egg-laying were on the Obs pond in the late morning, but again there was no sign of them there later in the afternoon.
Red-veined Darter - 28th June 2002 © Martin Cade
28th June	At least 4 male Red-veined Darters visited the Obs pond for a couple of hours around midday, but there was no sign of them there later in the afternoon.
26th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 Silver Y.
25th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 1 *Udea ferrugalis, 1 Plutella xylostella* and 1 *Nomophila noctuella*.
Red-veined Darter - 24th June 2002 © Martin Cade
24th June	At least 3 male Red-veined Darters were seen at a private site on the island this afternoon. Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 1 *Nomophila noctuella*.
22nd June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 3 Plutella xylostella.
21st June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 *Udea ferrugalis, 1 White-point* and 1 Silver Y.
20th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 4 *Udea ferrugalis, 2 Plutella xylostella, 1 Silver Y* and 1 Small Mottled Willow.
19th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 *Plutella xylostella* and 1 White-point.
18th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 Nomophila noctuella, 2 Udea ferrugalis, 2 Silver Y, 1 *Plutella xylostella* and 1 Bordered Straw..
17th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 21 *Plutella xylostella, 2 Udea ferrugalis, 1 Dark Sword Grass, 1 Silver Y* and 1 Nomophila noctuella; also a single Dark Spectacle.
16th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 1 *Plutella* *xylostella* and 1 *Nomophila noctuella*.
15th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 *Plutella* *xylostella* and 1 Pearly Underwing.
14th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 White-point, 2 *Plutella* *xylostella* and 1 *Nomophila noctuella*.
13th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 White-point.
12th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 2 *Plutella xylostella*.
10th June	The Grey Squirrel continues to be seen in gardens at the Grove.
9th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 6 Plutella xylostella and 2 Silver Y.
8th June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 5 Nomophila noctuella, 2 Plutella xylostella and 1 Silver Y.
Grey Squirrel - 6th June 2002 © Mary Snell
6th June	The Grey Squirrel was still present in gardens at the Grove.
5th June	The Grey Squirrel was seen again at the Grove this evening. Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 14 *Plutella xylostella, 4 Silver Y, 4 Nomophila noctuella, 1 Small Mottled Willow* and 1 White-point.
4th June	A Grey Squirrel was seen in gardens at the Grove today (thought to be only the second record for the 'Tophill' part of the island). Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 10 *Plutella xylostella, 2 Silver Y, 3 Nomophila noctuella, 2 White-point, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Small* Mottled Willow and 1 *Udea ferrugalis*.
Ethmia bipunctella - 3rd June 2002 © Martin Cade
3rd June	Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 10 *Plutella xylostella, 4 Silver Y, 3 White-point, 2 Nomophila noctuella, 1 Pearly Underwing, 1 Gem* and 1 *Udea ferrugalis; also a single Ethmia bipunctella* (the fourth Portland record), 4 *Eudonia pallida* and a Straw Dot.
Common Spotted Orchid - 2nd June 2002 © Charlie Moores
2nd June	A single spike of Common Spotted Orchid - the first record for Portland - was found today in an area of rough pasture at the Bill that also contained up to 1000 spikes of Bee Orchid. A lone Grey Squirrel was a very unusual sighting at Ferrybridge this morning. Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 1 White-point, 1 Nomophila noctuella and 1 Silver Y.
1st June	Clouded Yellows continue to be seen daily, with at least 5 around the Bill area and 7 around Church Ope Cove today. Immigrant moths in the Obs garden traps this morning: 1 White-point, 1 Udea ferrugalis and 1 Silver Y.