On Saturday Evening I put out 6 actinic traps
4 in Merryfield drome and 1 in Heliars Copse the other in Clay Copse
The results were somewhat surpising

Merryfield Airfield North end
0701 Agonopterix ocellana 4
1025 Tortricodes alternella 20
1061 Acleris literana 1
1746 Shoulder Stripe 48
1747 Streamer 1
1930 Oak Beauty 3
1934 Dotted border 18
1960 March moth 1
2182 Small Quaker 249 IN four traps
2187 Common Quaker 40
2188 Clouded Drab 9
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker 23
2190 Hebrew Character 41
2236 Pale Pinion 1
2241 Red Swordgrass 1
2256 Satelite 1
2258 Chestnut 19
2260 Dotted Chestnut 1
2469 Herald 1 I do like to start the year with a herald

Heliars Copse ST324121
1025 Tortricodes alternella 1
1746 Shoulder Stripe 6
1930 Oak Beauty 1
1934 Dotted Border 1
2182 Small Quaker 1
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker 1
2190 Hebrew Character 1
Clay Copse ST 327126
0701 Agonopterix ocellana 1
1025 Tortricodes alternella 2
1746 Shoulder Stripe 6
1930 Oak Beauty 1
1934 Dotted Border 1
2182 Small Quaker 112 YES 112 Unbelievable
2187 Common Quaker 3
2190 Hebrew Character 2
2258 Chestnut 6
2260 Dotted Chestnut 1
2423 Oak Nycteoline 1

My thanks to James for sorting out the moths and Battery carrying

Closworth 24th March.Hebrew character
Grey shoulder knot
Dotted chestnut

Closworth 20th March

dotted border
shoulder stripe
early moth 3

14th March Closworth

Pale brindled beauty1
Early moth 5
Grey shoulder knot 3
Dotted border 1
March moth 1

Early moth 13/2/06. Agonopterix heracliana 25/3/06. Pale brindled beauty 2 . Grey shoulder knot, Early moth 7/3/06. Agonopterix heracliana. Hebrew character 10/3/06. All at Closworth.

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