What incredible weather we have been experiencing lately, with some unseasonably warm days heading towards the high teens and fairly mild nights (Although that is all change now, with typical early spring warm days and cold nights a feature in the coming days).
A smaller but still decent catch on the night of the 1st of the month, with 11 species attending the trap, with two new species for the year, a crumpled up Double-striperd Pug, and my annual one specimen of Pine Beauty, an uncommon but regular moth here between the end of February and end of March.
Mainly a macro show, the micros haven't really got going yet.
The weather ahead looks very good for early March.
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 30 species
01/03/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
Macro Moths
Double-striped Pug 1 [NFY]
Pine Beauty 1 [NFY]
Clouded Drab 1
Common Quaker 6
Grey Shoulder-knot 1
Hebrew Character 4
March Moth 1
Oak Beauty 3
Small Quaker 2
Micro Moths
Agonopterix alstromeriana 1
Emmelina monodactyla 1
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| Double-striped Pug |
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| Pine Beauty |