Spring moths at Bawdsey Hall

My first posting for a while. A flavour of what I’ve been catching, here is the list for this week from Bawdsey Hall: Caloptilia stigmatella, Ypsolopha ustella, Agonopterix heracliana, Agonopterix alstromeriana, Acleris notana/ferrugana, Acleris logiana/kochiella, Oak Beauty, Brindled Pug, Dotted Border, March Moth, Early Thorn, Pine Beauty, Hebrew Character; Common, Small, Twin-spotted & Powdered Quakers, Clouded Drab, Grey Shoulder-knot, Chestnut, Red Chestnut, Satellite, Angle Shades, Pale Pinion (two different moths on 14th & 16th), Herald and Oak Nycteoline.

Pale Pinion is nearly three times as common at Bawdsey as Tawny Pinion. Looking at my Mapmate database, I have now caught 20 Pale Pinions since the first at Bawdsey in 2008 compared to just 7 Tawny Pinions.

No sign of any Northern Drab as yet. I have not trapped at the Hall in April before but I would imagine the species would wander up from the nearby saltmarsh at some point.

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