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.
