The warm sunny day yesterday must have prompted an emergence of moths, as my 2 traps up in the woods this morning had plenty in them including a few species more interesting than the normal quakers. Helped that it stayed quite warm for most of the night too. Certainly lifted my spirits after what has been a pretty dire spring this year.
Moths of note included Early tooth striped, Grey shoulder knot, Water carpet (2) and Calybites phasianipennella. Hangers on included a worn Oak beauty, a March moth, a Dotted border and a Satellite. Small quaker count 28, Common quaker count 59 and Clouded drab count 14 (most very fresh). The 4 Brindled pugs were my first for the year. Surprisingly no Frosted green, a moth I would normally get at this time of year, shows the season is a bit behind still.
Neil
Only marginally better for my Hollesley garden. Boosted by my NFY Engrailed, Acleris kochiella, Agonopterix yeatiana and an ‘about time’ A. scopariella. Keep hearing the weather men tell us how worm the weather is! Yes very slow spring and then after a westerly weekend it looks set to be a colder high in charge for a while.