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Migrant moths and butterflies 2006

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Migrant moths & butterflies 
(Co Waterford) October-December 2006
 
Scroll right for scarcer migrants, grid references & other details.
Click underlined species for photos.  
Note that details here may include unverified reports and are subject to later updates or corrections.  Last updated 16 Jan 2007.   See also earlier records and 2007 records.
 

 

DSG

HHM

PU

SMW

SY

DbM

RdP

RV

CY

PL

RA

 

Dark Sword-

Hummingbird

Pearly

Small Mottled

Silver Y

Diamond-

Rusty-dot

Rush

Clouded

Painted

Red

 

grass

Hawk-moth

Underwing

Willow

 

back Moth

Pearl

Veneer

Yellow

Lady

Admiral

            '+' = "recorded", "some", "small numbers" etc;  '++' = "lots", "many" etc

December 2006
 
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
25-Dec Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
20-Dec Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
17-Dec Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
07-Dec Tramore Town 1 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
05-Dec Glendaloughin 1 S21 at light
 

November 2006
 
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
[Nov] Glendaloughin 16 total for month S21 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
25-Nov Villierstown 1
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
23-Nov Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
19-Nov Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
17-Nov Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
16-Nov Carrignagour, nr Lismore 1
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
15-Nov Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
12-Nov Tramore Town 3 1 Gem S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
11-Nov Tramore Town 1 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
10-Nov Tramore Town 1 Gem S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
07-Nov Tramore Town S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
06-Nov Waterford City 1
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
04-Nov Ardmore Head 1 X1977 day obs
04-Nov Brownstown Head 1 X69 day obs
04-Nov Tramore Town 1 2 2 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
03-Nov Comeragh Mountains (2 locations) 2+ day obs
03-Nov Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
02-Nov Carrignagour, nr Lismore 1
 

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Clouded Yellow, Ram Head, 24 Oct 2006 © A Malcolm

October 2006
 
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
29-Oct nr Annestown 1
29-Oct Brownstown Head 2 2 1 2 Gem, 3 Cosmopolitan X69 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
28-Oct Brownstown Head 8 2 1 5 13 2 Vestal, 3 Gem, Scarce Bordered Straw, White-speck, 6 Delicate, 3 Cosmopolitan X69 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
24-Oct Ursuline Convent, Waterford City 1
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
22-Oct Brownstown Head 2 3 3 2 X69 day obs
22-Oct Tramore Town 1 2 1 1 1 S578019 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
21-Oct Tramore Town 1 2 1 1 S578019 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
20-Oct Ram Head 2 2 X2076 day obs
20-Oct Tramore Sandhills 6 1 S607004 day obs
20-Oct Tramore Town 1 1 1 S578019 at light
20-Oct Whiting Bay 1 day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
19-Oct Tramore Town 1 1 1 1 3 S578019 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
18-Oct Brownstown Head 1 X69 day obs
18-Oct Glendaloughin 1 Palpita vitrealis S21 at light
18-Oct Tramore Town 2 5 2 3 Uresiphita polygonalis, Gem, Scarce Bordered Straw, Delicate, Vestal S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
17-Oct Brownstown Head 1 1 9 X69 at light + ivy
17-Oct Ardmore Head 1 2 1 X1977 at light + ivy
17-Oct Helvick Head 1 X3189 dusk obs
17-Oct Tramore Town 2 1 Gem S578019 at light
 

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Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Brownstown Head, 8 Oct 2006 © PM Walsh

Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
15-Oct Brownstown Head 3 X69 day obs
15-Oct Helvick Head 1 X3189 day obs
15-Oct Tramore Town 1 4 1 2 1 S578019 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
14-Oct Brownstown Head 1 1 11 3 3 11 1 14 5 Delicate, 2 Scarce Bordered Straw, White-speck X69 at light + ivy + day
14-Oct Tramore Town 4 7 2 2 Palpita vitrealis, 2 Delicate S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
13-Oct Brownstown Head 2 1 1 6 1 Delicate X69 at light
13-Oct Tramore Sandhills 2 S607004 day obs
13-Oct Tramore Town 1 4 1 S578019 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
12-Oct Tramore Sandhills 1 1 2 S607004 at light + day obs
12-Oct Tramore Town 3 4 3 4 2 Palpita vitrealis, Gem, Delicate S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
11-Oct Brownstown Head 3 X69 day obs
11-Oct Tramore Sandhills 2 4 2 3 S607004 day obs
11-Oct Tramore Town 2 1 2 1 1 1 Gem S578019 at light + day obs
11-Oct Waterford City 1 S51/S61
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
10-Oct Brownstown Head 2 2 5 X69 day obs
10-Oct Tramore Town 1 S578019 day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
09-Oct Brownstown Head 7 3 1 1 1 4 2 15 20 Cosmopolitan, 9 Delicate, 2 Vestal X69 at light + ivy + day
09-Oct Ram Head 5 X2076 day obs
09-Oct Knockbrack quarry, nr Clashmore + X145827 day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
08-Oct Brownstown Head 1 1 6 1 1 2 Delicate, 1White-speck X69 at light + ivy
08-Oct Tramore Town 1 4 2 1 Crocidosema plebejana S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
07-Oct Brownstown Head 2 4 2 1 2 Cosmopolitan, 4 Delicate X69 at light + ivy + day
07-Oct Dunmore East 1 S6800 day obs
07-Oct Tramore Town 1 2 1 Scarce Bordered Straw S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
06-Oct Brownstown Head 1 1 X69 at light + ivy
06-Oct Tramore Town 1 2 S578019 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
05-Oct Ardmore Head 1 X1977 day obs
05-Oct Brownstown Head 2 1 1 White-speck X69 at light + ivy
05-Oct Tramore Town 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
04-Oct Brownstown Head 4 4 3 3 3 Delicate X69 at light + day obs
04-Oct Tramore Sandhills 2 1 S607004 day obs
04-Oct Tramore Town 4 1 S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
03-Oct Brownstown Head 1 8 1 1 5 3 9 Cosmopolitan, 9 Delicate X69 at light + day obs
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
02-Oct Brownstown Head 1 1 17 8 1 2 9 16 Delicate, Scarce Bordered Straw, 2 White-speck X69 at light + day obs
02-Oct Tramore Town 1 1 1 Delicate S578019 at light
Date Site DSG HHM PU SMW SY DbM RdP RV CY PL RA Other species / notes Grid ref Method
01-Oct Brownstown Head 3 37 1 11 24 2 17 Delicate, Scarce Bordered Straw, Vestal X69 at light + day obs
01-Oct Tramore Town 1 1 2 1 S578019 at light + day obs
 

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