SWIFTS

3.001 Orange Swift female to MV light by the visitor centre at Cromwell Bottom, July 21st 2019.

3.001 Orange Swift, a dark form female to actinic light by the visitor centre at Cromwell Bottom on Aug. 3rd 2024.

3.001 Orange Swift male to MV light at Gauxholme, Todmorden on July 31st 2021.

Seen at one of Cath Baker's moth breakfasts.

3.002 Common Swift to MV light at Mirey Wall farm near Sowerby on June 18th 2022.

3.002 Common Swifts mating at dusk at the Rush Field at Hardcastle Crags on June 3rd 2023.

3.002 Common Swifts, details above, a few seconds later a second male arrives.

3.003 Map-winged Swift to MV light at Walshaw Dean plantation on June 26th 2023. There was a modest haul of moths in the trap the following morning and this was the most numerous species.

3.003 Map-winged Swift, one of several to MV light at Blake Dean on June 7th 08, my first ever moth trapping event!

3.003 Map-winged Swift  f. gallicus to MV light at High Hirst Woodmeadow on July 6th 2024. This is the much plainer form with the only noteworthy features being three isolated white dots on the forewing.

3.004 Gold Swift at the Rush Field at Hardcastle Crags on June 3rd 2023. It's a male at dusk having detected a nearby female, she however was already with another male.

3.004 Gold Swifts mating at the Rush Field at Hardcastle Crags on June 3rd 2023. All together there were two copulating pairs plus two other males, originally found by Anthony Arak.

This coupling illustrates nicely the difference in size and markings between the sexes. The female is on the left.

3.005 Ghost Moth male, to MV light at North Loop, Cromwell Bottom on Jun 11th 2023. This one was resting in the grass the following morning next to the trap.

3.005 Ghost Moth female, North Dean wood, June 27th 05. A field observation inside a hollow tree trunk.