Little Hadham Birding: Unbelieveable Mothing night

Last night I had the feeling that warm temperatures and an overcast sky would prove to be a good moth night. As I chatted in the village pub to about 11.30pm the feeling intensified as a continuous stream of moths flew through the open door, so I returned home in anticipation.
Upon arrival at the garden Skinner 125MV it was apparent a busy night was ahead. Moths everywhere!
I began listing those that I could identify and potting those that required further inspection. By 3.00a.m I had run out of pots and listed over 80 moths of 43 species. Considering the record for the garden, set last week, is 103 moths of 56 species, it was clear this was going to be broken.
I headed off to bed and awoke 2 hours later to identify the ones in the fridge as I would need the pots. Upon emptying the trap the numbers became apparent and by 8.30 am I was counting in excess of 175 moths. I had put plenty in the fridge to inspect later with hand lens etc and when these were identified the list stretched to an amazing 210 moths of 82 species!!

New for the year list: Poplar grey

Another new for the year: Phoenix

An uncommon moth for Hertfordshire: Rucurvaria leucatella

In all, I have added 15 moths to either the year list or my parish records and, with the 6 remaining all probably being new for the parish record, an amazing evening.

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