Three Top Ticks

Not sure where to start with last week's headlines as there were three top drawer garden ticks to choose from so I have gone for the one species that no local blogger has already publicised. All three species very notable records for VC30 and continuing a purple patch for the garden

Barred Hook-tip - NFG 23rd July 2013 = first for VC30 since 2009

Tree-lichen Beauty - NFG 25th July 2013 = fourth record for VC30 ?

Royal Mantle - NFG 24th July 2013 = ninth record for VC30 ? and the second time illustrated on this blog after one found in daytime on Galley Hill on 7th June 2011

Royal Mantle

A walk over Galley Hill, Luton this afternoon to get away from the house and the computer for a short while did not produce a vagrant asian robin sp. hopping around the bushes and not many butties either but this rare moth jumped out of the grass in front of me and landed on my fleece. Possibly only the eighth record for VC30, 4 prior to 2000 and 3 in 2010. First for the site.

Royal Mantle
And on the pocket of my fleece...