Several evenings recently the skies have cleared at dusk and temperatures have quickly fallen.
Yesterday evening was very different. A stiff chilly breeze was blowing in off the sea with a clear sky when I set out to look for a sheltered spot to run the lights away from the NE breeze. Soon after sunset the clouds rolled in, the cool breeze disappeared and for 2 hours I enjoyed ideal conditions with lots of moths (over 200 counted of 32 species) and just about everything else flying coming to the lights.
A few new ones for the year included Birch Mocha, Scorched Carpet, Chinese Character, Least Black Arches & Oak Nyctioline making it 100 species for the year so far.
Brian