Gateshead Birders

Small Tortoiseshell - Noted at at Shibdon on 3rd
Peacock - Noted at at Shibdon on 3rd and near Metrocentre on 5th.
Comma - Noted at at Shibdon on 3rd
Small White - Noted at at Shibdon on 3rd
Large White - 1 at Birtley on the 3rd was the first.
Green-veined White - Noted at at Shibdon on 3rd
Orange-tip - 3 noted at at Shibdon on 2nd and 3rd [See opposite] and one near Metrocentre on 5th.

1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1 on 2nd
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1on 2nd
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 1on 2nd
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 3 on 2nd

Small Tortoiseshell - Noted at at Shibdon, Blaydon, Derwent Country Park and Barmoor between 2nd-4th and one at Shibdon Pond on 8th.
Peacock - Noted at at Shibdon on 2nd Shibdon, Blaydon, Lamelsy, Burdon Moor and Ryton between 2nd-4th but no more due to the cold weather until the 21st when 1 was at Shibdon and 2 there on 24th and singles at Wardley Country Park and Westfield Pasture on 29th..

Peacock at Shibdon [George Simpson]

Comma- Noted at at Shibdon on 2nd and 2 at Derwent Walk Country Park on 3rd but no more due to the cold weather until the 21st when 1 was at Shibdon. Aniother was at Westfield Pasture on 29th..
Green-veined White - First of the year was one at Shibdon Pond on 27th, another noted at Westfield Pasture on 29th..
Small White - 1 nectaring on narcissi at Cowen Road, Blaydon on 16th was the first of the year. Still present the following day, on the 18th it fell to the ground, desperate for some warming sunshine. Another (or the same) at the same site on 28th

Small White at Blaydon [Peter Harvey]

Orange-tip - On the 21st 1 was at Shibdon and then 1 at Westfield Pasture on 29th.

0288 Caloptilia stigmatella 2 on 3rd
0647 Brown House Moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) 1 on 3rd
0663 Diurnea fagella 1 on 3rd
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 on 3rd
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata) 1 on 3rd, 4 on 25th
1917 Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria) 2 on 3rd, 1 on 25th
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 3 on 3rd
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 5 on 3rd, 2 on 25th
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 2 on 3rd, 1 on 25th
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 1 on 3rd
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 9 on 3rd, 1 on 25th
2236 Pale Pinion (Lithophane hepatica) 1 on 3rd
2423 Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana) 1 on 3rd, 1 on 25th

Red-tailed bumble bee (Bombus lapidarius) - The first of the year was noted at Shibdon on 2nd and a few others by mid month due to the cold.
Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) - One at Thornley on 4th and one a few days later at Shibdon
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)- One in moth trap at Clara Vale on 25th.

Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) at Shibdon [George Simpson]

German Wasp (Vespula germanica) - One at Blaydon on 16th

Two-spotted Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) - A probable at Blaydon on 3th.
Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) - 2 at Shibdon on 24th

7-spot Ladybirds at Shibdon [George Simpson]

Hawthorn Shield Bug - (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) - 1 near Gateshead Stadium on 3rd.

The A. haemorrhoidale near Gateshead Stadium [Ray Wilby]

Small Tortoiseshell - One at Clara Vale out in the sunshine on 12th was the first of the year, followed by 4 at Westfield Pasture and 1 at Shibdon on 31st.
Peacock - 9 at Westfield Pasture and 4 at Dunston on 31st were the first of the year.
Red Admiral - 4 at Shibdon 31st were the first of the year
Comma- 9 at Westfield Pasture and 4 at Dunston on 31st were the first of the year.
Orange-tip- 1 at Dunston on 31st was the first of the year and perhaps the earliest ever for Gateshead

Garden Ant (Lasius niger) - First of the year were noted in a garden in Rowlands Gill on 13th
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) - First of the year were noted in a garden in Rowlands Gill on 13th
Buff Tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) - One noted at Shibdon 17th was the first of the year, several others noted subsequently

Moths

Trapping at Clara Vale (for more details - click here)

Taxa
1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 trapped 14th and 31st
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1 trapped 14th, 2 on 31st
1862 Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)1 trapped on 31st
1930 Oak Beauty (Biston strataria) 1 trapped 14th
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 2 trapped 14th, 1 on 31st
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 1 trapped 14th, 4 on 31st
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 10 trapped between 14th and 31st
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 1 trapped 14th
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 14 trapped between 7th and 31st
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1 trapped 14th
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 2 trapped 14th, , 1 on 31st