Not Mothing in Not Dorset!

So, yeah. Left Dorset for a few days. Spent 4 days walking the coast path, and yeah, was moth-trap less for those four days. Weird that, camping out, relying on campsite toilets and daytime wanderings to find moths.
Anyhow, all days were easy walkings, with the 2nd day being the longest, with 8 hours walking. Lovely weather for most of the time, not too hot, and not too cold. Misty on the third day, which restricted the views (shame really), but other than that was ok.

View in general direction to Dartmouth, we were walking away from Dartmouth here.

As ever, there were the traditional eels on poles as well, just to keep your morals up.

 

And some more coast path photos.

Birdlife was thin on the ground, but Cirl Buntings were a first for me. Unfortunately not close enough for a pic. Best of the rest were Gannet, Stonechat, and Yellowhammer, all pretty common stuff, but nice to see.

Stonechat - Somewhere somewhen on the fourth day.

Now, for my favourites, Lepidoptera. Fantastic numbers of butterflies, with the highlight for me being a Dark Green Fritillary, which, despite being fairly common, was a lifer! Also, good numbers of more common species, such as Grayling, Gatekeeper and Comma.

Moths were still about, with Grass Rivulet and Drinker being the best of the campsite goodies, but away from campsite it was slightly better. Total list was 68 species identified, plus some pyralids and tortrix species to identify. Highlights were Hoary Footman on the macro front, and micros were Aristotelia brizella, Sparganothis pilleriana, and Mecyna asinalis. I missed my moth trap though.. :-/

Back home now. And warm.