Central Oxford Update

I realise that I've not yet posted anything this year to this blog so I'd better give people the story so far. In my modest central Oxford garden last year I managed just shy of 250 so that's my target to beat this year. With a score of 37 I'm already well ahead of last year at this time (which was just 8) since spring was so late then. Here's the list so far in all it's detail

Moths
1    01/01/2014    Clothes Moth
2    18/03/2014    Clouded Drab
3    18/03/2014    Hebrew Character
4    18/03/2014    Brindled Pug (NFG)
5    19/03/2014    Common Quaker
6    19/03/2014    Early Grey
7    29/03/2014    Scarlet Tiger Moth (larva)
8    30/03/2014    Double-striped Pug
9    30/03/2014    Common Plume
10    30/03/2014    White-shouldered House Moth
11    30/03/2014    Beautiful Plume
12    31/03/2014    Early Thorn
13    31/03/2014    Herald (NFG)
14    31/03/2014    Small Quaker (NFG)
15    01/04/2014    Light Brown Apple Moth
16    01/04/2014    Twin-spotted Quaker (NFG)
17    01/04/2014    Pale Mottled Willow
18    03/04/2014    Bee Moth
19    03/04/2014    Many-plumed Moth
20    06/04/2014    Brimstone
21    06/04/2014    Caloptilia Rufipennella
22    11/04/2014    Least Black Arches
23    12/04/2014    Psychoides filicivora (NFG)
24    13/04/2014    Esperia Sulphurella
25    15/04/2014    Yellow-barred Brindle
26    18/04/2014    Muslin
27    22/04/2014    Clouded-bordered Brindle (NFG)
28    23/04/2014    V-Pug
29    23/04/2014    Garden Carpet
30    23/04/2014    Waved Umber

Butterflies
1 Date unknown  Brimstone
2 Date unknown  Peacock
3    09/04/2014    Small Tortoiseshell
4    14/04/2014    Small White
5    14/04/2014    Holly Blue
6    14/04/2014    Orange-tip
7    14/04/2014    Green-veined White

My main interest for this year is in getting new moths on the all time garden list which currently stands at a little over 250 (largely being made up from last year's year list). So far I've managed six which are marked on the list.

The clear highlight for this year so far has been the diminutive Psychoides filicivora as this was only the third ever record in the county. Let's hope for another warm summer with the superb catches that it brought

Waved Umber

Clouded-bordered Brindle

Least Black Arches

Psychoides filicivora

Twin-spotted Quaker