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Thu 25th February 2021 12:36 by Andrew Foster Bridport 24 February 2021
10 sp. including FFY Oak Beauty, Clouded Drab, Common Quaker and Pale Pinion. Tue 23rd February 2021 16:44 by Colin Burningham Yetminster 21st February
a good night with 5 species, one each of Oak Beauty, Dark Sword-grass, Dotted Border, Hebrew Character, Common Quaker. Mon 22nd February 2021 13:34 by Andrew Foster Bridport 19th & 20th February 2021
19th - single Acleris umbrana.
20th - 6 sp. including an out of season Angle Shades and one Oak Nycteoline. Mon 22nd February 2021 08:15 by Julian Francis Tolpuddle 21 February 2021
One Dark Sword-grass. Also 2 Common Quaker and a Chestnut. Sun 21st February 2021 10:19 by Martin Raper Beaminster 20th February
After a few zeros, last night a Common Quaker to my Actinic Sun 21st February 2021 08:34 by Julian Francis Tolpuddle 20 February 2021
1 A. ocellana and 2 Hebrew Character. Sun 21st February 2021 07:31 by Mike Hetherington Puncknowle 20.2.21 125W MV
Second trap of the year produced a single Hebrew Character. Fri 19th February 2021 09:20 by Julian Francis Tolpuddle 18 February 2020
FFG Pale Brindled Beauty. Tue 16th February 2021 13:51 by Will Bown Winterborne Stickland 15th February
Second trap this year. The first was a blank, but this one produced singles of Chestnut and Hebrew Character. Tue 16th February 2021 11:29 by Julian Francis Tolpuddle 15 February 2021
My first trap too. Just one Chestnut. Tue 16th February 2021 10:53 by Colin Burningham Yetminster 15th February
Ran the trap on the first warm night in a while and caught 1 Pale Brindled Beauty and 1 Agonopterix heracliana, a modest start to the year. Mon 1st February 2021 06:14 by Capt Bagsy
Maybe better late than never Early Moth - first for our patch - 27/01/2020 |