Another good night last night with Small Eggar, Brimstone and Streamer being firsts for the year to add to Powdered Quaker and Nut tree Tussock from the previous night. From my garden observations and reading the reports from those who are going further afield to look for moths I believe that this is the most auspicious start to the mothing year for a long while. I have not had anything unusual but have had really good numbers of the commoner species. Last night, for example, I had 14 Early Thorns, more than I've ever caught on one night before. In total I have had 422 macros from 13 trappings in March which compares to 170 from 7 trappings last year and 292 from 12 in 2007. Let's hope that this trend continues for the whole of 2009.