Grizzled Skippers and Pyrausta moths

Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae

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On Saturday I visited Rewell Wood on a drizzly day with bright spells. Yesterday I did my butterfly transect at Mill Hill: 2 Peacocks, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Grizzled Skippers, moths: Violet Cosmet, Common Purple and Gold, Wavy-barred Sable, Small Purple and Gold. Neil Hulme spotted a Dingy Skipper, but I missed it. He set up a Grizzled Skipper during a cloudy spell and I took the opportunity to take some interesting shots. 

 In the evening we attended the WWT Arundel talk on Bats. Paul Stevens gave us a very informative talk illustrated by his great photography. Afterwards we saw various bats and heard their calls using a bat detector. Debaunton's Bats skimmed over the water and took insects from the surface, illuminated by red light.

Rewell Wood:

Western Yellow Centipede, Stigmatogaster subterraneus

c.40mm long, c.80 pairs legs

deer tracks, probably Fallow

G-LVDC Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III

Wood Anemone, Anemone nemorosa

Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides

Mill Hill:

unidentified bee

Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis

Cranefly, Tipula vernalis

Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae

Grizzled Skipper:

Peacock, Inachis io

Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius

Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata

Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata and Violet Cosmet, Pancalia leuwenhoekella

Song Thrush egg, Turdus philomelos

Violet Cosmet, Pancalia leuwenhoekella

Violet Cosmet

Wavy-barred Sable, Pyrausta nigrata

Wavy-barred Sable