The warm humid conditions last night were excellent for moth recording. I ran 2 traps in a reedbed/heathland area on the course and noted 116sp. Moth of possible interest included: Small seraphim, Epinotia demarniana, Tortrix viridana (well over 400), Aleimma loeflingana (150+), May highflyer (4), Gold swift (1 large female), Cochylis nana, Capperia britanniodactyla (3), Brachima inornatella (5, first site records at this spot only last year so looks like it has colonized, a plus for our conservation work in that area), Dotted fan foot (2), Shaded fan foot (a freshly emerged individual and first for year), Broad barred white, Epinotia subocellana and Gelechia muscosella. Nice to have a bag full of moths to sort out at home after work for the first time this year!
Looking promising again for tonight so hopefully there will be more full traps tomorrow, have to make the most of it this year as it probably won’t last long!
Neil