Thats more like it!

Brian and I went to Round House marsh, Fritton, last night as it was a night too good to miss.  41 species taken at 5 lights, temperature when we left at 1.15 was 12C. Traps were well spread and all performed well, perhaps the best trap being 40w actinic.
Best moth being Reed Dagger. My personal choice from the rest being;  Purple Thorn, Chocolate-tip, Orange Footman, Waved Umber, Pale Tussock, Pine Beauty, 6 species of Prominent, Red-green Carpet, Grey Birch, Peppered moth and plenty of Water Carpet. Several other season firsts and good numbers of pugs in four species.

It was also nice to here a distant booming Bittern at 1am and also the same Bittern back home, closer, at 2am.

Keith

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One Response to Thats more like it!

  1. BJones says:

    We also had a few micros, including Carpatolechia proximella, A. arenella, Esperia sulphurella, Swammerdamia caesiella, several Epinotia immundana and I had my first Leek Moth of the year in the garden trap.

    Brian

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