Clive Moore and I operated three 125W traps on the warm night of 30 March at Stanny Farm.
Many species were typical of this time of year but will be new for the site as I haven’t run traps there before in March. Highlights of 341 moths of 30 species included Broom-tip and Dotted Chestnut – two moths I seldom see. A Red-green Carpet was a rare spring sighting. Three Pale Pinions were a very welcome catch too.
Also recorded were Oak Beauty, Pine Beauty, Grey Shoulder-knot, Shoulder-stripe, Dotted Border, Herald, Powdered Quaker amongst hordes of commoner species.