Nice to see some moths, but not as good as expected….

Felt like the first decent night to try trapping for a long while last night, with cloud cover and around 7 degrees at dusk. First time I’ve trapped since the 6th March. Put out 2 125w MV lights out in the woods around the sheds on the golf course and thought I’d see quite a few moths.
In the morning, found the traps to be emptier than I was expecting, with 10sp seen, total of 39 moths caught. Most moths apart from the Chestnut (14), Satellite (1) and A. heracliana (1) were very fresh, so they must have just emerged. These included: Oak beauty (6), Brindled pug (3), Yellow horned (1), Clouded drab (1), Small quaker (6), Common quaker (2) and Hebrew character (4).
Hopefully with some more warmer nights coming along shortly numbers will build up to more expected levels at this site.

Neil

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