Cast or kettle?

In the English tradition of collective nouns, a group of hawks (yes, applied to birds but I've extrapolated) can be a kettle or a cast. It is safe to say I have certainly had a cast of Hawk-moths in the garden this year, with many nights with multiples of several species in the trap.

Garden year list moves on nicely

Although nothing like the bumper haul at the beginning of last week I have still had a steady stream of additions to the 2012 garden year list over the last few days, including:

Nephopterix angustella


Pale Oak Beauty


Argyresthia brockeella


Orthopygia glaucinalis (I know it has a new name...)


Clay


July Highflyer - reared through from larva


These two not new for the year but any excuse to post images of Hawks:

Elephant Hawk-moth


Privet Hawk-moth (with Elly trying to muscle in on the shot, top left)


Dave