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Sunday 8 May 2016

Pilmoor, Friday 6th May 2016

The first full weekend off for ages and actually coinciding with a bit of decent weather.  A night with high cloud and no visible moon, calm and temperature at +12 at 2100 dropping to +7 by 0500.  Not many moths buzzing around but at least the biting midges were not in evidence at all - hooray!

Taxa
0006  Eriocrania subpurpurella  2
1852  Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata)  4
1881  Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata)  3
1919  Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)  1
1947x  Engrailed/Small Engrailed (Ectropis bistortata/crepuscularia)  4
1951  Grey Birch (Aethalura punctulata)  12
2006  Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma)  7
2015  Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis)  7
2182  Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda)  2
2186  Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)  1
2187  Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)  5
2188  Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)  5
2190  Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)  11
2243  Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)  1
2258  Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii)  2

Hopefully the start of a few more attempts at mothing, and really must try harder than the last couple of years.