Here at IGC, was hoping to trap on the night of the 5th as it had been such a warm day but with a clear sky on the light soil the temperature soon dropped away down to a chilly 2 degrees so didn’t bother. Did run 2 traps last night however up in the area of Oak woodland round the work-sheds and managed 12sp of moths. Pale brindled beauty and Spring usher seem to be almost over with me with only singles of each trapped. Commonest moths seen all with a count in the low twenties were March moth, Tortricodes alternella and Small brindled beauty. Also first year records of Oak beauty (4), Brindled pug and Double-striped pug. No Orthosias yet.
May trap again tonight if it stays cloudy, need to try and take advantage of these slightly warmer nights as it looks like the cold is coming back next week and even the forecast for the rest of the month doesn’t look very encouraging at all!
Neil
I set a couple of traps out this evening (7th) until the rain set in at 7.15 pm. Just a few moths of 5 species the most abundant being Chestnut and one new one for the year was Yellow Horned. I’ve also not yet seen any Orthosias.
Brian