Another Newby

What started off as a warm day, quickly developed into a cold night. I turned the garden lights off at 9.30pm after recording 2 moths early in the evening. Both found under the now deceased 25w BLB compact lamp fixed on the shed at the bottom of the garden. It broke at I removed it from its fitting...........never mind. Just 1 Common Quaker and this-

Satellite

Surprisingly, I don't get too many of these despite being fairly common. NFY 25th February.

Garden.......24/02

Best night of the year so far..............

Common Quaker

 Dotted Border

 Hebrew Character

 Pale Brindled Beauty

Upper Caldecote Garden- 12 of 8 species-

0688	Agonopterix heracliana		3
1524	Emmelina monodactyla		1
1926	Phigalia pilosaria	Pale Brindled Beauty	1
1932	Agriopis leucophaearia	Spring Usher	1
1934	Agriopis marginaria	Dotted Border	1	NFY
2187	Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	2	NFY
2190	Orthosia gothica	Hebrew Character	2	NFY
2259	Conistra ligula	Dark Chestnut	1

Garden Update..........

This Pale Brindled Beauty was the only moth of note last night (23rd), slim pickings really with only a couple of A. heracliana to keep it company. A Chestnut on 20th was a welcome addition to the list. However, in the next couple of days the wind will drop slightly, allowing for a foray into Home Wood. This will probably be on Tuesday 28th. In the meantime I'm still hoping for Early Moth as its now getting a bit late.............

Pale Brindled Beauty

A Warm Spell..............

...............gave me a chance to turn the lights on again. Though as I write this, its back down to 2°C. Most productive was the nights of 15th and 17th, though macro moths are certainly slow. By this time last year I had double my current tally, so targets for the next week or so are Pale Brindled Beauty, Early Moth and Dotted Border.

March Moth

1 of 3 caught so far...........

688 Agonopterix heracliana

695 Agonopterix alstromeriana

1025 Tortricodes alternella

Combined catch for 15/16/17-02-12. Upper Caldecote Garden- 12 of 6 species

• 0688 Agonopterix heracliana  5 NFY
• 0695 Agonopterix alstromeriana 1 NFY 
• 1025 Tortricodes alternella 1 NFY 
• 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 1 NFY 
• 1663 Alsophila aescularia March Moth 3 NFY 
• 2259 Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut 1