An hour or so sweep netting at Westland Green today around early afternoon. No moths of note (Celypha lacunana, Chrysoteuchia culmella, and a solitary silver Y) but plenty of ringlet, meadow brown and marbled whites on the wing. Surprisingly, no gatekeepers or burnet moths yet, although bird's foot trefoil is now in full flower.
In the net, a selection of grasshoppers, crickets and common groundhoppers. Overhead, swifts, swallows and plenty of locally breeding house martins along with a single calling chiffchaff.
I am in no way proficient at grasshopper/cricket id so please do correct if I have any (or all!) of these wrong. Thanks
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| Roesel's bush cricket |
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| Common green grasshopper |
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| Meadow grasshopper |
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| Roesel's bush cricket |
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| Meadow plant bug |
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