Bitter northerly winds and rain confronted me at the Hall this morning. A big crash in moth numbers was evident with just 14 sp. noted (down from 53 the previous night) 
Just three migrants battled the strong winds and made it into the traps – a single Rush Veneer and two Dark Sword-grass. In fact it was a tricky operation to stop the egg trays blowing away in the gale! I hate to think how many migrants drowned in the ferocious seas around our coastline last night.
I was surprised that Common Marbled Carpet and Mallow managed to enter the traps and just two micros – singles of Eudonia pallida and Epiphyas postvittana.
Let’s hope these cold northerlies move through and we can get back to some more settled conditions and more moths. There is still lots to come – Bawdsey is very good right up to mid-November most years.