Ashby Common 4th Sept.

Brian and I trapped this site for the first time last night, on private land on the Somerleyton Estate. Heathland and woodland habitat. A large site and easy to trap dropping off the traps from the truck along the rides. Cloud cleared briefly dropping the temperature after dark but thin cloud built and lasted throughout.
60 species including Lunar Yellow Underwing which I have been hoping to get on the Estate for a while. Hedge Rustic seldom seen so far up this way. Lots of Tawny-barred Angle and Light Emerald. Several Angle Shades and 30 Silver Y. Pinion-streaked Snout also recorded along with Barred Red, Pine Hawk-moth, Oak Nycteoline. The only Wainscots were singles of Large and Common. Best of the micros probably was Cydia fagiglandana of which we had three from the Beech in the distance. Also D.sylvestrella. The most prolific moth of the night was Water Veneer no doubt from the even more distant Fritton Lake, Where C. fagiglandana was recorded in the Thirties.

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  1. Brian says:

    Three more quite good micros were Eudonia pallida, Scoparia subfusca and Cryptoblabes bistriga.

    Brian

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