Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi, found in a bedroom at my house Nedd on 27th March 2015. This spring-flying noctuid moth occurs in a range of shades of brown, with a conspicuous pale-edged oval and kidney-mark on the fore-wing. The adults feed on sallow catkins, which are just beginning to open, and the caterpillars on the leaves of oak, sallow and hazel in May and June. Although widespread further south, it is apparently scarce in the north of Scotland.
Ian Evans
Two birds, Loch Dhrombaig (DAH) (24/10)
Four birds feeding on the rocks at the beach at low tide, Culkein (Morag Moir) (23/10)
13 birds in garden tree, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH) (22/10)
Single pale bellied bird, Culkein Stoer (AnnaBirna McTaggart) (20/10)
Single bird on garden fence, Clashnessie (Neil Hillan) (18/10)
Three butterflies on car, Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH) (17/10)
50+ animals off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH) (17/10)
Single dragonfly, Culag Woods (DAH) (17/10)
