The theme of this year's national moth night is reed beds, so I teamed up with Henry at Waterstock Mill and we targeted the small reedbed at his local wildlife site. We did ok (it's only a tiny reed bed) and had a couple of specialists including Dotted Fan-foot and Fenland Pearl. 60 species in total.
Also a few other highlights (see below).
Dotted Fan-foot. Lifer. (Confirmed by county recorder).
Fenland Pearl
Cyclamen Tortix (an overdue lifer)
Closest I could get was Blotched Marble Endothenia quadrimaculana (potential lifer)
Large Emerald - stunner! (lifer)
Coxcomb Prominent
Site of last night's three traps- the MV by the reedbed (above), the LED by the river (below) and the actinic in the garden (below that)
Pine Hawk-moth
Large and Common Emerald size comparison
Greater Dodder- a local speciality
View last night from Ickford Bridges across the River Thame Catchment towards Waterstock
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