Barren Strawberry -
Potentilla sterilis - has opened. The photograph shows most of the identification features: a small notch in the outer edge of the petal, gaps between the petals, and the final tooth in the leaf is shorter than its neighbours.
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Single specimens of new moths keep arriving at light. This is Twin-spotted Quaker -
Orthosia munda:
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And this is Pale Pinion -
Lithophane hepatica:
"Longest dry spell..." looking at the rainfall radar you may regret that statement!
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