Before this blog goes into its usual winter hibernation...

 

late Red Admiral

Merveille du Jour moth

Fly Agaric toadstool

Figure of 8 moth

Fallow deer

Autumn Moths

 

Clifden Nonpareil, or Blue Underwing

Red Line Quaker

Satellite

Light Emerald

Angle Shades

Spruce Carpet

Lunar Underwing

Burnished Brass

Gold Spot

Old Lady. This is a BIG moth.

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Total number of garden species for this year, 160, of which 39 were species new to me.

Marking Territory

 

My trail cam fell over (was pushed??), and a water vole started a latrine on top of it!

Late-in-the-year Sighting

Leave an Apple Out...

water vole

wood mouse

below, bank vole

two water voles (one appears late in the background)

Less Activity

As we move into Autumn, there are still plenty of field signs - prints and droppings - but sightings are scarce. My trailcam catches quits a lot of activity, though!

Lizard Spectacular

 

Young lizards are dark, almost black. They lose their colouring as they get older.

Southern Hawker

Silver-washed Fritillary

Elephant Hawk moth caterpillar

Common Blue, male.

Vole Business as Usual at Edgeley Road

 

Young vole comes close.

water vole latrine

Small Heath butterfly and young rabbit

Postcard from Dorset

Brimstone butterfly

Chalkhill Blue

Common Darter (male)

Female Sand lizard

Red squirrel

 Jersey Tiger moth above, and Garden Tiger below