FlyinginFordham: A trio of small catches

Well it seemed like someone flicked the switch off labelled 'Moth Productivity' because in a week that I had off from moth recording, I went from 60 to 80 species a night, to as low as 25 to 45! Crazy.

Also variety has tailed off now, usually I expect this to happen mid August, but it's certainly happened a bit earlier in my garden.

This could well be due to the unsettled weather at the start of August (Normal school holiday weather). With showery outburts and gusty winds, nevertheless it has still been warm and humid even at 20 degrees.

Here are 3 nights of catches listing the new ones.

On the 31st and the 1st, catches were pretty rubbish, with temperatures dropping nearly into single figures.

On the plus side, the only new ones on both of those nights were migrant moths.

The 2nd of August was much better, with 40 odd species and with again, just the one new species for the year, but a Coleophora and Phyllonorycter were retained, the Phyllonorycter looks quite good for mespilella.

The weather continues to be rather unsettled and stormy for August, picking up as we continue through the week.

Moth garden list for 2025 stands at 596 species