3rd outing for the year, 3 new species

On the 19th it was fairly mild at 8 degrees for most of the night, rising even higher towards dawn as cloud cover domninated.

Somehow we escaped the worst of the overnight rain and it was quite calm for January.

 

3 moths was the grand sum, a pitiful amount compared to most, but luckily they were all different species. 

 

There doesn't seem to be many opportunities to run the trap looking ahead.

 

Too wet, too windy, too cold, that typical January feeling eh. 

 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 8 species

 

17/01/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

 

Macro Moths 

 

Black-spotted Chestnut 1 [NFY]

Dark Chestnut 1 [NFY] 

Micro Moths 

 

Agonopterix heracliana 1 [NFY] 

 

Dark Chestnut

Agonopterix heracliana

Black-spotted Chestnut