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Better conditions last night.
Ran the traps in a new area for me last night, dry reedbeed bordered predominantly by alder woodland but with areas of willow and poplar. Best 2 moths were Seraphim and Flame Wainscot (2 of each). Other new ones for … Continue reading
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Another slow evening
A dying wind, good cloud cover but a temperature of only 7 degrees was borderline for finding any numbers of moths yesterday evening. So it proved to be with a trickle of around 30 moths coming to the traps over … Continue reading
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Monk’s Hole, St. Olaves, a rewarding evening.
Keith Trapped this site last month and he invited me to join him last night. It’s an excellent site predominated by mature birch, but containing a wide variety of deciduous and conifer woodland bordered by marshland, – my first visit … Continue reading
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Adela cuprella
As it was bright and sunny today, I had a look for Adela cuprella in the willow clump that I found them last year. Using the binoculars I managed to pick out 5 on the yellow willow blossoms most of … Continue reading
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First Moths of April
With the incessant NE wind having died down a bit this evening I decided to get out a couple of traps and try the sheltered side of the woodland nearby. There was a bit of cloud cover but the temp … Continue reading
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Yet another frustrating evening.
With the temperature up around the 7 deg. mark today, less wind and plenty of cloud it looked as if it might be worth running a trap. I had one set up and running just after dark with even a … Continue reading
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Best so far this year
With the temperature going up to 10 deg. today, I had high hopes that it might hold up for a while this evening. I did not get set up till after dark in the nearby oak wood, but with the … Continue reading
A quiet new start
It being the first day of the year I wondered if anything might come to the trap so I put out the 40w actinic this evening just before dusk without much confidence as the thermometer was already showing 4deg. and … Continue reading
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New micro for me.
I also had a good number of micros the night before Neil’s (23rd) including one that Jon Clifton has just confirmed the ID as a female Epinotia sordidana which is a new one for me. I ran the traps where … Continue reading
Another promising night ends up wet!
The number of times its happened this year – what promises to be a productive evenings trapping with good temperatures and cloud cover, just as you get set up, the rain sets in and everything gets soaked! This was the … Continue reading
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