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| White Stork, Ciconia ciconia |
On July 1st I visited Knepp estate where White Storks have bred in Britain for the first time since 1525. They became extinct because they were hunted for food. The reintroduction program has been a great success: https://knepp.co.uk/white-storks.
Seeing the storks was a wonderful experience. The massive nesting tree is a lone occupant of a large field and there was plenty of room on the perimeter path for the estimated 50 people present to be safely distant from each other.
I looked for micromoths and found several, including two new and rare ones: Barred Smudge and Poplar Sober plus a Coleophora species, Common Nettle-taps, a faded Green Oak Tortrix and another tiny Tortrix which didn't stay long enough for good photos. There were also two splendid Longhorn beetles, White-legged Damselflies and plenty of Ringlets and Meadow Browns.
noted added 16 Novermber 2020: the Coleophora species was dissected by Tim Wilton and determined to be a male Tipped Oak Case-bearer male, Coleophora flavipennella.
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| Barred Smudge, Ypsolopha alpella |
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| Tipped Oak Case-bearer male, Coleophora flavipennella |
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| male genitalia of Tipped Oak Case-bearer, Coleophora flavipennella |
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| Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Green Oak Tortrix, Tortrix viridana |
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| Leaf beetle, Chrysomelid species |
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| Long Winged Cone-head nymph, Conocephalus fuscus |
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| Longhorn beetle, Stenocorus meridianus |
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| Longhorn beetle, Stenocorus meridianus |
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| Mirid Bug, Heterotoma planicornis |
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| Poplar Sober, Anacampsis populella |
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| Poplar Sober, Anacampsis populella |
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| Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus |
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| Speckled Bush Cricket nymph, Leptophyes punctatissima |
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| unidentified tiny Tortrix micromoth |
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| White-legged Damselfly, Platycnemis pennipes |
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| White Storks youngsters in nest, Ciconia ciconia |
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| nesting tree |
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| information trailer |
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