Suddenly the clouds rolled in.

The prospects for yesterday evening didn’t look too good at around 7pm with clear skies, but then the clouds began to roll in off the sea and the stiff NE breeze started to ease a little. So I took a chance and went to a sheltered spot to run the traps. By 11pm conditions were ideal and the moths came in a steady flow.
Total count from this area on the edge of the Waveney marshes was around 150 moths of 32 species including some new for the year such as Blood Vein, Cream Wave, Peppered Moth, Small Clouded Brindle, Small Square-spot, Silver-ground Carpet and Marbled Brown. The disappointment was the micros. Just 4 species of which around 50 Bactra lanceolana was by far the most abundant moth of the night.

Brian

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