Having had a disappointing return at the trap early this morning (5 moths of 5 species, including 3 new for year records: privet hawkmoth, tawny marbled minor and common footman) I thought I may boost the total by knocking through rough pasture at Westland Green, a mile west of home.
Not disappointed with 19 moths in an hour including both Nomophila noctuella and Cydia nigricana new for the parish records and Scoparia pyralella and yellowshell new records for 2015.
This takes my running total for this year to 66 macro moths and 48 micro moths and the parish records to 291 macros and 170 micros, so may well make my target of 500 moth species in total before the end of the year.
Butterflies present were: peacock, large skipper, common blue, small heath and meadow brown
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| small heath butterfly |
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| Cydia nigricana (pea moth) |
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| Burnet companion |
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| Worn, but suspected Scoparia pyralella |
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