Early Balsam

Following on from the good results on Wednesday evening, a similar number of species but on a different site in the Waveney Valley yesterday evening. The surprise was a very early first generation Balsam Carpet which was my second ever March record. Other firsts for the year out of the 23 species were Water Carpet, Red Chestnut, Acleris hastiana and Eriocrania unimaculella. Numbers counted, about 100, were down on the previous night but this was probably due to the site being more river valley than woodland. Lights were all packed away by 11 pm.                                                                                                       Compared to last year, you get the impression that there are a lot more moths on the wing. Let’s hope it continues.

Brian

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