SMG Moth Night at North Warren RSPB Reserve – 9th June

Tony Prichard — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:55:18 +0000

This was a general recording meeting concentrating on the drier parts of the reed-bed and surrounding woodland. Although areas of heathland and grassland were also close by we thought that these would be pretty cold later on. Four MV lights were run – two along the board walk at the western end of the reed-bed and two in the strip of oak woodland bordering the reed-bed.

There was a steady trickle of moths into the traps through the evening and my list had just shy of 60 species by the end of the night. One of the more productive nights so far with a reasonable number of moths and species. A couple of hawk-moth species were seen – Elephant and Small Elephant. The mix of localised species gave an indication of the varied habitats nearby with Satin Wave, Cream-spot Tiger, Aethes cnicana, Small Seraphim, Tinea semifulvella, May Highflyer, Flame Wainscot, Grey Birch, Small Clouded Brindle, Dingy Shell, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Bird’s Wing and Gold Swift.

Tony

County moth night 2011

Tony Prichard — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:01:00 +0000

As there will be no National Moth Night in 2011 I thought it might be an idea to have a county moth night in 2011. We did have one or two before NMN got going. My personal preference is for something where we can hold a public moth night and attract some publicity.

Suggestions for dates please and possible venues. I’d suggest a weekend night sometime around summer rather than the ends of the year.

I did wonder with all the interest in Purdis Heath at the moment of having an event there. It would probably generate some good publicity for the place, could potentially attract quite a few people and should be a good site for getting some interesting moths for the public. I have very few records for the site in contrast to the golf course on the other side of fence.

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SMG Moth Night at North Warren RSPB Reserve – 9th June

County moth night 2011