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| Goat Moth |
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| Striped Hawkmoth |
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| Purple Thorn |
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| Sussex Emerald |
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| Waved Black |
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| Clancy's Rustic |
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| Blackneck |
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| Privet Hawkmoth |
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| obsoleta Pale Grass Eggar |
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| Jersey Tiger (Brockley) |
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| Cynaeda dentalis |
A somewhat belated post about another enjoyable awayday to Dungeness with Steve Spooner. Last Saturday was warm and sunny and like most other moth people I was in sore need of some good leps to make up for the washed out spring offerings, as usual Dungeness did not disappoint. First up was a slightly tatty Striped Hawkmoth, a new one for Steve but one I've seen before on Portland; it was the first of four hawks the others being Privet, my first in over 30 years, Elephant and Poplar. New macros for me included Goat Moth, Blackneck, Clancy's Rustic, Festoon, Purple Thorn and Small Waved Umber with a supporting cast of Dunge regulars, chief amongst them Sussex Emerald, Waved Black, Pygmy and Rosy Footmen and the obsoleta form of Pale Grass Eggar. A few good micros were also had including Synaphe punctalis and the sublimely beautiful Cynaeda dentalis. On the way home I dropped into Brockley, London headquarters of the Jersey Tiger and I found a single moth in the fading light, there should be dozens out by next week
