Somewhere new in Somerleyton

Last night Brian and I went to a new site called Summerhouse Water on the Somerleyton Estate. On arrival there was a heavy dew. The site has high and low areas and temperature differences were felt doing the trap rounds. Fog hung over the marsh traps around midnight and when we left at 2.30 it was just 9c and foggy all over, except for the higher ground. Despite the conditions we made 118 species with the 5 traps with several micros taken in the highest placed trap including; M. palustrella. Other micros of interest included R. naevana and O. sparganella. Best macro was Lunar-spotted Pinion which I have never encountered before, best of the rest included Dotted Fan-foot, Crescent, Dark Spectacle.

Part of the  site is a former Victorian Water Garden,  and is worth us visiting from time to time but with over 5000 acres to choose from on the Estate, plenty more new places to try.

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