Moth Trapping so far in 2021 up to June 2nd 2021
Moth trapping this year has been very poor with the cold wet and windy weather making it impossible to put the trap out, it’s been so windy on occasions that the trap could have been blown away. The first time I was able to successfully trap was the 22 nd of February when I caught an Early Grey and a Hebrew Character which was a new sighting for me. The next successful trap was the 4 th of March with another Hebrew Character. The 16 th of March was slightly better again with 4 moths, Hebrew Character, Common Plume, Clouded Drab and Oak Beauty. The last 2 also new captures. The 18 th of March just 2 moths an Oak Beauty and a Hebrew Character. Things started to look up during the warmer spell of weather towards the end of March with 11 moths of 4 species caught new for the year a Common Plume and a Beautiful Plume being a new capture. On the 24 th 4 moths including a March moth being another new species. The 29 th of March brought another 4 moths with a Silver Y being a yea...