Status
.....A
rare/occasional wanderer to Nottinghamshire. The one trapped and
photographed by Paul Baker below, was only the third county record in the
past 30 years and which was quickly followed by another trapped by
Martin Gray two nights later at Broadholme. Presumably wandering from neighbouring Derbyshire (or
possibly even further afield) the county's previous most recent record was
one trapped by Dave Morton and Andy Ashley at Hills and Holes SSSI, Market
Warsop on April 28th 2011, some 21 years after a record in 1990. Many
thanks to both Paul and Martin for offering their photographs for inclusion on the website.
A note on Broadholme records:
Broadholme is in vice county VC56 of Nottinghamshire (which is covered
by www.eakringbirds.com), but not in the administrative county of
Nottinghamshire on which the county's moth records are based by
the county macromoth recorder. As such, no Broadholme records appear in
any county reports, but they are officially recognised by Butterfly
Conservation as being Nottinghamshire records. |