{"id":16508,"date":"2016-08-01T20:03:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T20:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=16508"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:37:51","slug":"a-big-rspb-wild-sleepout-weekend-in-tywyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-big-rspb-wild-sleepout-weekend-in-tywyn\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big RSPB Wild Sleepout Weekend in Tywyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great weekend in Tywyn was had by all<\/strong><\/span>. Some “Mothyn”, “Walkyn”, “Lazyn” on the Beach “Sunyn” and “Eatyn” – Superb. Here’s the results.<\/p>\n

First the Moth Trap<\/strong><\/span> – Overnight on 30th July – Garden Trap using a 125watt Blended Bulb – 40 species – 70 moths – Highlights apart from photos below –\u00a0Magpie Moth; Yellow-tail; Oak Hook-tip; Crescent Dart<\/strong><\/span>; Dingy Footman; Buff Footman; Rosy Footman<\/span><\/strong> (dead); Silver Y; Gothic;\u00a0Caloptilia rufipennella; Endotricha flammealis<\/span><\/strong>; Garden Pebble; Mother of Pearl; Anania coronata; Udea prunalis; Acrobasis advenella.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Crescent<\/p>\n

Crescent Dart<\/strong> – A local species found on the west coast – A new moth for me and the best of the catch – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Rosy<\/p>\n

Rosy Footman<\/strong> – The biggest disappointment was to find this dead at the bottom of the trap box. Either killed by one of the many wasps or by touching the bulb on entry.<\/p>\n

\"Caloptilia \"Caloptilia<\/p>\n

Caloptilia rufipennella<\/strong><\/em> – Above 2 images – Another new moth species for me – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common micro on Sycamore<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Honeysuckle<\/p>\n

Honeysuckle Moth<\/strong> – Ypsolopha dentella – <\/em>Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – Common in gardens and woodland where there is Honeysuckle.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Acrobasis<\/p>\n

Acrobasis advenella<\/strong><\/em> – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common micro moth favouring Hawthorn<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Acleris<\/p>\n

Acleris forrskaleana<\/strong><\/em> – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common micro moth found on Sycamore in hedges, gardens and woodland – Unmistakeable<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Rush<\/p>\n

Rush Veneer<\/strong> – Nomophila noctuella – <\/em>Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common migrant throughout the British Isles, can often be abundant\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Oak<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oak Hook-tip<\/strong> – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common macro moth found on oak – this is likely a female due to the large size.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dingy \"Dingy<\/p>\n

Dingy Footman<\/strong> – Above 2 images – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common macro moth – often described as looking like a melon pip<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Dunbar<\/p>\n

Dun-bar<\/strong> – \u00a0Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – A common macro moth found anywhere where there are trees and shrubs<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Silver<\/p>\n

Silver Y<\/strong> – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em> – Six were in the trap – A\u00a0common to abundant breeding migrant that flies by day and night<\/em><\/p>\n

Seascapes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Tywyn \"Tywyn \"Tywyn \"Tywyn \"Tywyn \"Tywyn<\/p>\n

Tywyn Seascapes<\/strong> – Above 6 images – Friday evening 30th July 2016 and a wonderful sunset over the Lleyn Peninsula – Tony Davison\u00a9 – Taken with a Sony Cyber-shot<\/em><\/p>\n

Snaps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

“Steve”<\/strong> our friendly Herring Gull – feeds out of your hand and even comes into the lounge for a wander round – Tony Davison\u00a9 – The Badgers bowl is empty..<\/p>\n

\"Tent<\/p>\n

Ready for the Big RSPB Wild Sleepout Weekend<\/strong>. – Tywyn – Tony Davison\u00a9 – What a great weekend for the kids<\/p>\n

\"Dinner<\/p>\n

Sunday Dinner<\/strong> – Weekend finished off with a fabulous dinner at the Cross Foxes, Bala. Many thanks to Sue, Nick, Molly, Sam and Josh<\/p>\n

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A great weekend in Tywyn was had by all. Some “Mothyn”, “Walkyn”, “Lazyn” on the Beach “Sunyn” and “Eatyn” – Superb. Here’s the results. First the Moth Trap – Overnight on 30th July – Garden Trap using a 125watt Blended Bulb – 40 species – 70 moths – Highlights apart from photos below –\u00a0Magpie Moth; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[624,623,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-624","category-birdsof2016","category-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}