With great sadness we have left the valley but are looking forward to continuing our wildlife photography from our new base Falmouth.

We thank all those who have shown an interest in Marsland Moths and hope our new web site Wildlife Insight will be of interest.

Falmouth sunrise

4 Male Vapourers flying this morning in the garden around Sycamore trees. These are the first records of this species in the Reserve.

Male Vapourer Moth

As so often seems to happen with public events as soon as the trap goes on it pours with rain. Amazingly a few moths braved the weather in the short time the light was on. This small unimproved culm grassland site has much to offer and hopefully will be revisited next year. My thanks go to Tom Hynes of the North Devon Coast and Countryside Service for inviting me to moth trap.

Pale Pinion

Agonopterix heracliana

Common Marbled Carpet

Flame Shoulder

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Green Carpet

This sighting of a female Common Blue is two weeks later than the previous latest date. This year has been a good year for this species in the garden with double figure counts during August

Female Common Blue Butterfly