After the cancellation of Thelnetham on Saturday, I planned to trap another brownfield site – what is left the old railway sidings and yard abandoned 50 years ago (part of it is a supermarket). But wind and rain set in and it would have been a waste of time on such an open site so I ran the trap in the garden with fairly good results (inc. Mompha subbistrigella).
Not to be outdone, I tried the old sidings last night as the wind had died down. Of the 15 macros species, only ones of note were a Dark Sword-grass and a very fresh Buff Arches. The micros were a bit more interesting and included Isotrias rectifasciana (a regular site for this species), E. cana, Diamond-back Moth x 5 and indicating the proximity of the nearby saltmash, the most abundant moth of the night was the plume species Agdistis bennetii x 7 plus a few Scrobipalpa probably instabilella from the abundant sea-purslane, although the wing markings are similar to nitentella. Will need g/d to be sure.
Brian