Weston records for 2015.

27th December
Sand Point: 1 Dark Sword-grass, 1 Rush Veneer, 2 Winter Moth, 1 Mottled Umber
Milton: 1 Silver Y

19th December
Milton: Viridecerus ustulatus

Viridicerus ustulatus

28th November
Sand Point: 17 Kittiwake up and a Common Scoter down. Also Dunlin moving with 200+ south past the point

20th November
Sand Point: 2 great skua and c.15 kittiwake heading up river. Juv Shag up river heading ENE

18th November
Sand Point: Guillemot and 3 kittiwake down channel

16th November
Sand Point 8:20-11: 1Great Northern Diver, 25 Kittiwake, 3 Bonxie, 1 Leach'sPetrel, 1Shag, 17 CommonGull + Brambling and Stock Dove over

13th Novmeber
Milton: 4 Kittiwake flying west
Sand Point 7:40-11am 1 Gannet, 2 Pomarine Skua, 2 Bonxie, 16 Kittiwake, 1 Black-throated Diver, 40 Dunlin, 40 Shelduck, 20 Curlew, 4 CommonGull

12th Novemebr
Sand Point vismig all south: Great Crested Grebe, 2 CommonGull, 132 BHG, 120 Dunlin, 1 Knot, 140 W'pigeon, 80 chaffinch, 3 Brmblng, 4 skylark, 3 Rbunt, siskin, redpoll. 4 Firecrest in car park

7th November
Sand Point VC6 last night: 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, Pearly U'wing, 5 RDP, 3 DSG, Diamond-back, 2 C.plebejana

Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera

4th November
Netelia inedita attracted to the garden moth trap

Netelia inedita

2nd November
Sand Point: 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Dartford Warbler amongst the grounded migrants in the fog.

1st November
Milton: Ni Moth

Ni Moth Trichoplusia ni

28th September
Sand Point: 2 Great White Egret up river at 11am (A.Hockey).

12th September
Sand Point VC6 last night: 3 Pearly Underwing, 3 Dark Sword-grass and 8 Silver Y

14th August
Sand Point: Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Palpita vitrealis, 2 Dark Sword-grass, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, 10 Silver Y, 15 R.Veneer

Convolvulus hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli

August 6th
Milton: Acleris umbrana

18th June
Sand Bay: Eurydema oleracea and Bordered Straw

3rd June
Milton: Reed Warbler singing in Laurel Hedge

9th May
Anchor Head 9-10am: 2 Pom, 3 Gannet, 1 RTDiver, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Swallow.
Sand Point: 16 Gannet and a Pom past per P.Gregory

6th May
Anchor head: 7 Manx Shearwater, 3 arctic skua, pom, fulmar, comic and 15 kits

23rd April
Sand Point: 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Redstart, 2 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Gropper, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Tree Pipit, 4 flava, 30 swallow, 1 wheatear, 1 cuckoo, 1 lesser Whitethroat

16th April
Sand Point: 2 flava, 5 redstart, 60 swallow, 100 goldfinch, 2 grasshopper warbler, 10 tree Pipit, 6 whimbrel, 6 house Martin, 2 Common Scoter, 2 wheatear, 5 Sand martin, 1-2 tree Sparrow, 20+ Blackcap, 30-40Willow Warbler, 2 Pied Flycatcher

8th April
S.Point/Middle Hope: 2 Tree Sparrw, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Redstart, 1 Tree Pipit, 7 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin, 20 Swallow, 15 Willow Wabler, 10 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 30 Mipit, 1 Siskin, 7 Redpoll

6th April
Sand Point: 40+ WillowWarbler, 15 Chiffchaff, 17 Wheatear, 4 Blackcap, 2 Redpoll, 3 Bullfinch, 5 Alba Wag, 4 Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Sand Mart 130 Mipit

22nd February
Anthribus fasciatus found hibernating in lichen on Elm tree on Locking Road

Anthribus fasciatus

5th January
Male Black Redstart at Marine Lake, W-s-M this morning and a Blackcap. 2 Blackcap at Summerlands Road, W-s-M