1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 1
1342 Eudonia angustea 1
1764 Common Marbled Carpet (Chloroclysta truncata) 1
1914 Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria) 1
1923 Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) 1
1961 Light Emerald Campaea margaritata 1
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 1
2109 Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) 2
2240 Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) 2
2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) 6
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 30
2272 Barred Sallow (Xanthia aurago) 2
2364 Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) 1
2389 Pale Mottled Willow (Caradrina clavipalpis) 1
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Terns, Ferry Meadows
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Dusky-lemon Sallow
Only the second for the garden. The first was on the same date in 2006.
Dusky-lemon Sallow Xanthia gilvago

The Sallow Xanthia icteritia

1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 3
1342 Eudonia angustea 3
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 1
1914 Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 4
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 2
2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) 1
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 16
2274 The Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) 1
2275 Dusky-lemon Sallow (Xanthia gilvago) 1
2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) 1
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1
2389 Pale Mottled Willow (Caradrina clavipalpis) 1
2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
Dusky-lemon Sallow Xanthia gilvago

The Sallow Xanthia icteritia

1048 Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) 3
1342 Eudonia angustea 3
1707 Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata) 1
1776 Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria) 1
1825 Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata) 1
1906 Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) 1
1913 Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria) 1
1914 Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria) 2
2107 Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) 4
2134 Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa) 1
2198 Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura) 2
2267 Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) 1
2270 Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) 16
2274 The Sallow (Xanthia icteritia) 1
2275 Dusky-lemon Sallow (Xanthia gilvago) 1
2353 Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) 1
2384 Vine's Rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua) 1
2389 Pale Mottled Willow (Caradrina clavipalpis) 1
2477 The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 1
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Ventnor Wall Lizards
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Isle of Wight birds
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Kittiwake, Ferry Meadows
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Fin Whale, Bay of Biscay
This surfaced several times directly along the port side of the ship. At the same time there was another on the starboard side.
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Canon Powershot SX10
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Canon Powershot SX10
Common Dolphin, Bay of Biscay
Some of the 806 seen on the Company of Whales trip on the Pride Of Bilbao.
Canon Powershot SX10
Canon Powershot SX10
More Santurtzi Wildlife
The second visit to the hill.
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

Large Conehead Ruspolia nitidula

Italian Cricket Oecanthus pullescens

Short-winged Conehead Conocephalus dorsalis

Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Calliptamus italicus


Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi

Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa

Wood White Leptidae sinapsis

Wall Lasiommata megera

The Vestal Rhodometra sacraria

Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga

Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis

Also seen on the Pride of Bilbao:
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata

Canon Powershot SX10
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

Large Conehead Ruspolia nitidula

Italian Cricket Oecanthus pullescens

Short-winged Conehead Conocephalus dorsalis

Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Calliptamus italicus


Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi

Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa

Wood White Leptidae sinapsis

Wall Lasiommata megera

The Vestal Rhodometra sacraria

Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga

Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis

Also seen on the Pride of Bilbao:
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata

Canon Powershot SX10
Friday, September 03, 2010
Santurtzi, Friday
Some of the wildlife seen on our first bit of shore leave from the Pride of Bilbao.
Graphosoma lineatum

Marbled White Melanargia galathea

Small White Pieris rapae

Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus

Common Blue Polyommatus icarus f. boalensis

Canon Powershot A640
Oncocera semirubella

Mallow Skipper Carcharodus alceae

Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus

Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus

Grey Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata

Canon Powershot SX10
Wryneck Jynx torquilla

Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20
Graphosoma lineatum

Marbled White Melanargia galathea

Small White Pieris rapae

Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus

Common Blue Polyommatus icarus f. boalensis

Canon Powershot A640
Oncocera semirubella

Mallow Skipper Carcharodus alceae

Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus

Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus

Grey Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata

Canon Powershot SX10
Wryneck Jynx torquilla

Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20
Pilot Whales, Bay of Biscay
A pod of Long-finned Pilot Whales, some of 70 seen on this Company of Whales trip on the Pride of Bilbao.
Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20
Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20
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