A slight breeze for a short while this morning broke up the unrelenting/wonderful (delete depending on how you feel) hot, sunny weather.
No bird news today, but Malcolm keeps the blog alive with interesting moths:
"I caught a Bramble Shoot Moth, (photo below) a micro (very few have vernacular names). The caterpillars of this one do indeed feed on brambles, but not commonly here as this is only the second record for Islay. The only previous record having been in 2009 at RSPB Gruinart. It's just about 1 cm in length.
I also caught a Dark Sword-grass moth which is a migrant, with others saying on the Scottish moth group that they are turning up further north along with Red Admirals, so look out for them".
(You could easily be excused for swatting this little chap thinking it was a clothes moth!)
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