Sunday May 10th was our best night yet of the year mothwise with 15 species in the garden trap including the first Treble Bar and a White Ermine while flying in the afternoon I saw a very fresh Silver Ground Carpet.  Encouraged by this we put a trap in our local wood and recorded 27 species including yearly firsts of Brown Silver Line, Peach Blossom, Least Black Arches, Hexadactylla, Spruce Carpet, Orange Footman (11), White Pinion-spotted, and Small Angle-shades.  This wood produces melanic specimens of several species and we had a very dark Coronet and a Tawny-barred Angle var nigrofulvata. The last two nights have been dull in comparison with Clouded Bordered Brindle the only new arrival in the garden trap.