I thought the weather forecast looked quite good for Friday night so I took my opportunity to visit Staverton Park for the first time this year. Picked up 22 species including one of the site’s specialties. Also the first pug of the year was a Brindled Pug.
The physical bulk was made up of Oak Beauty, Yellow Horned and Small Quaker. Dotted Border and Chestnut still around. Four Acleris species; ferrugana, notana, cristana and literana. Other micros were Ypsolopha ustella, Agonopterix alstromeriana, Diurnea fagella and Tortricodes alternella. Four further Orthosias were; Hebrew Character, Common, Clouded Drab and Twin-spotted (now Anorthoa).
To finish off the total were Grey Shoulder-knot, Satellite, March Moth and Small Brindled Beauty.
That’s a very good species total for March, Raymond. Congratulations!