Like others I put the trap out in the garden last night and was woken in the early hours by the approaching storm. After covering the trap and admiring the light show I went back to bed and was surprised that we got little rain. The trap was heaving but thousands of flying ants and Large Yellow Underwings had severely battered the moths. Shining out from the masses though was a pristine Clouded Magpie, a new site record. Also present was a Lobster Moth, an oddly patterned Marbled Beauty, but the only migrants were a single Silver Y and a handful of Diamond-backs.
A few new firsts in the last week or so have included Slender Brindle (12th), Round-winged Muslin (13th) and Brown-veined Wainscot (17th). Other notable moths have been Olive, Magpie, Currant Pug and a regular one or two Minor Shoulder-knot. The presumed Syncopacma larseniella is again appearing in good numbers this year.
Mark