Seems like Cypress carpet is the moth of the moment at present. I took one on the night of the 14th October, this being my second site record (first was in 2014). Certainly a moth to look out for as it is probably breeding locally in Suffolk now with records increasing. That night was the best of the recent nights, with 25sp noted in 2 traps at home. Tried a few other nights but crap really down to 14 moths trapped in total (8sp) on the 16th.
Like Raymond, I have found trapping away from the garden, even just around the workshed woods on the golf course to be very poor this autumn. Raymond mentions Blair’s shoulder knot in his post. Normally a common a regular species here but been in poor numbers this year, following the trend here of most species of moths struggling for numbers trapped. No Feathered thorn or Red-line quaker yet and only 1 November moth. Yellow-line quaker only a handful. All normally abundant here.
Neil