FlyinginFordham: Ghastly northern wind

This awful wind just will not leave us alone, and having a north facing garden and very little cover, the garden trap is extremely exposed.

Once again, a windy cool night, but not as cold as of late, hovering around 11 degrees, we also had a fair bit of cloud cover which helped.

30 species was a very good return given how hard it's been in the east. What was more pleasing was 12 new ones for the year, smashing through the 200 species barrier for the year.

New species included a great big Privet Hawk-moth, the delicately dappled in pink, Peach Blossom and the uncommon Small Clouded Brindle.

The weather still remains fairly average with no warm spikes and very low humidity.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 208 species

17/05/25 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Buff Ermine 1 [NFY]
Mottled Pug 2 [NFY]
Peach Blossom 1 [NFY]
Privet Hawk-moth 1 [NFY]
Seraphim 1 [NFY]
Small Clouded Brindle 1 [NFY]
Treble-bar 1 [NFY]
V-pug 1 [NFY]
Angle Shades 1
Cinnabar 1
Common Pug 1
Common Swift 2
Common Wainscot 2
Double-striped Pug 1
Heart & Dart 1
Marbled Clover 1
Marbled Minor sp 4
Pebble Prominent 1
Peppered Moth 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 1
Toadflax Brocade 1
Treble Lines 3
Vine's Rustic 3
White-point 1
Willow Beauty 1

Micro Moths

Coleophora alcyonipennella/frischella 1 [NFY]
Hofmannophila pseudospretella 1 [NFY]
Neocochylis molliculana 1 [NFY]
Phyllonorycter maestingella 1 [NFY]
Epiphyas postvittana 2