Thirty nine moths in total with single Dark Sword-grass and Oak Beauty the best.
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Sat 28th March 2020 09:56 by Julian Francis Tolpuddle 27 March 2020
One Pine Beauty amongst only 11 moths. Sun 22nd March 2020 11:30 by Martin Wood Wimborne 20th March
Had just one Hebrew Character in my Wimborne garden with a minimum temperature of 4.7c degrees. Sat 21st March 2020 20:32 by Alan Bernard Coryates 21st March
Orange underwing flying around birch in my garden . Blown down by wind to observable level. It is not shown in the Atlas from the Weymouth area. Sat 21st March 2020 10:20 by Colin Burningham Yetminster 20th March
only 5 species but including a pristine Shoulder Stripe. Thu 19th March 2020 18:21 by Geoff Lightfoot Preston 18th March
Double-striped Pug , Early Thorn , 3 Oak Beauty , 2 Small Quaker , Clouded Drab , Grey Shoulder-knot. Early Grey. Thu 19th March 2020 10:25 by Colin Burningham Yetminster 18th March
A grand night, 11 species including 1 Grey Shoulder-knot, 14 Early Grey, 2 Dotted Border, 2 Early Thorn, 3 Oak Beauty, 1 March Moth, 1 Dotted Chestnut. Mon 16th March 2020 10:38 by Gillian Nash Leigh 14 March
Two Hebrew Character (min o/n temp 9.3 degsC)
Leigh 15 March: twelve of six species, including D.fagella. ffy Dotted Border (min o/n temp 2.3 degsC) Sat 14th March 2020 09:24 by Martin Wood Wimborne 13th March 2020
Had my first moth of the year a Chestnut Thu 12th March 2020 11:16 by Colin Burningham Yetminster 11th March
At last some visitors last night, singles of Diurnea fagella, Early Grey, Dotted Chestnut, March Moth and Common Quaker Wed 11th March 2020 17:13 by Martin Raper Beaminster 10 march
New for year - Twin-spotted Quaker, Oak Beauty, Diurnea fagella Sun 8th March 2020 09:35 by Mike Hetherington Puncknowle 7.3.20
Singles of Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg. and Hebrew Character. 2020 is starting very slowly here. |