Brown-veined Wainscots at Porth Hellick

 

Brown-veined Wainscot was a new species for me and I discovered maybe the first colony for Scilly at Porth Hellick!

  Mick normally catches 10 Brown-veined Wainscots a year. I saw an equal number overnight at Porth Hellick! From Higher Moors to the crossroads, there were over 20 July Highflyer. Another 10+ were also on the otherside following the path into Porth Hellick. However, when the habitat changed from Sallows to Phragmites, the sky was dominated by Smoky Wainscot with as many as 30+ in the area. There were also other species and when I returned home, I identified another species of wainscot, Brown-vained Wainscot. I might of discovered a colony of at least 10 at Porth Hellick.

 

Brown-veined Wainscot 

 

Over 30 July Highflyers were at Higher Moors/Porth Hellick and could also be Scillies first colony!  

A total of 37 species in the Porth Hellick area

1 Yellow-tail
1 Common Carpet
2 Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet  
1 Dark Arches
1 Fanfoot 
1 Common Footman 
1 Angle Shade
1 Bramble-shoot Moth
1 Lychnis
1 Small Bloodvein 
1 Cloaked Minor 
1 Nutmeg
1 Magpie 
1 Buff Ermine
1 Large-yellow Underwing
2 Broard-barred White 
2 Small Magpie 
2 Silver Y 
2 Yellowshell 
2 Scalloped Oak 
2 Early Thorn 
2 Double-striped Pug 
3 Rusty-dot Pearl 
3 Willow Beauty 
3 Snout 
3 Swallowtail 
5 Small Fan-footed Wave  
5 Common Rustic 
5 Riband Wave 
6 Blastobasis adustella 
7 Flame Shoulder
 9 Dingy Footman  
10 Brown-veined Wainscot
10 Single-dotted Wave  
20+ Twenty-plume Moth
30+July Highflyer 
30+Smoky Wainscot  

  The fog was in and out throughout the day and on the Garrison there were up to 9 Willow Warbler. I did the traps with Mick at Longstones and there was the first Brown-veined Wainscot of the year! It will be interesting to see how many get trapped this autumn. A scarce moth was a Clouded Border with maybe 5 a year and we also heard the Common Crossbill nearby. 

 

Clouded Border 

 

Marbled Coronet with the smaller Broard-barred White 

Total of species

Epermenia chaerophyllella 2
Coleophora sp 1
Depressaria pastinacella 1
Agonopterix heracliana 2
Agonopterix nervosa 1
Teleiopsis diffinis 1
Anarsia spartiella 2
Oegoconia caradjai 1
Blastobasis lignea 10
Agapeta hamana 1
Aethes rubigana 1
Eupoecila angustana 1
Acleris laterana 1
Acleris variegana 1
Eucosma cana 3
Rhyacionia buoliana 1
Alucita hexadactyla 8
Chrysoteuchia culmella 4
Pediasia contaminella 3
Evergestis forficalis (Garden Pebble) 1
Eurrhypara hortulata (Small Magpie) 1
Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) 23
Mecyna asinalis 1
Nomophila noctuella 2
Dolicharthria punctalis 1
Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of Pearl) 6
Endotricha flammealis 1
Adaina microdactyla 3
Emmelina monodactyla 3
Chinese Character 1
Peach Blossom 2
Grass Emerald 3
Blood-vein 1
Small Blood-vein 2
Small Fan-footed Wave 1
Single-dotted Wave 10
Riband Wave 15
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet 3
Garden Carpet 2
Grey Pine Carpet 1
July Highflyer 8
Sandy Carpet 2
Foxglove Pug 1
Wormwood Pug 1
Clouded Border 1
Early Thorn 22
Scalloped Oak 11
Swallow-tailed Moth 6
Peppered Moth 2
Willow Beauty 10
Brussels Lace 2
Barred Red 2
Buff-tip 4
Yellow-tail 2
Red-necked Footman 1
Dingy Footman 20
Scarce Footman 2
Buff Footman 18
Common Footman 11
Four-spotted Footman 3
Garden Tiger 4
Ruby Tiger 5
Kent Black Arches 9
Dark Sword-grass 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Flame Shoulder 15
Large Yellow Underwing 6
Lesser Yellow Underwing 4
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UW 2
True Lover's Knot 5
Small Square-spot 2
Setaceous Hebrew Character 1
Nutmeg 10
Cabbage Moth 1
Bright-line Brown-eye 14
Broad-barred White 8
Marbled Coronet 1
Lychnis 13
The Clay 3
Smoky Wainscot 12
Knot Grass 5
Marbled Green 1
Dark Arches 7
Cloaked Minor 3
Common/Lesser Common Rustic 23
Rosy Rustic 3
Brown-veined Wainscot 1
The Rustic 5
Spectacle 2
Straw Dot 3
Snout 2
Pinion-streaked Snout 1
The Fan-foot 2