Bringsty Common April 26th

The issue with the recent glorious days has been clear skies at night, so rather chilly. However, last night it remained warmer for a while longer and moth numbers responded here. Still 10 degreees at 1am and eventually dropped to 6.2 by 4.30am. 38 species of macromoth and so far 6 micromoth species with another 3 or 4 to add later. For interest I'll list them in no particular order. I'm sure some of these will be breaking the earliest records or close to: Brimstone (8), White-pinion Spotted (7), Least Black Arches (6), Waved Umber (1), Yellow-barred Brindle (1), Flame Shoulder (2), Pebble Hook-tip (2), Lesser Swallow Prominent (10), Coxcomb Prominent (1), Red Twin-spot Carpet (7), Streamer (1), Small Phoenix (12), Brindled Pug (8), Orange Footman (2), V-pug (2), Hebrew Character (7), Poplar-hawk (2), Swallow Prominet (5), Iron Prominent (4), Muslin (12), Alder Kitten (1), Common Quaker (2), Nut-tree Tussock (3), Clouded Border (1), Lunar Marbled Brown (1), Early Thorn (1), Purple Thorn (1), Shuttle-shaped Dart (1), Oak-tree Pug (1), Knot Grass (1), Brown Silver-line (3), Brindled Beauty (2), Red Chestnut (1), Pebble Prominent (1), Pale Tussock (1), Flame Shoulder (1), Shoulder Stripe (1), Maiden's Blush (1), Aphomia sociella (1), Elachista canapennella (13), Syndemis musculana (1), Epinotia immundana (1), Ancylis badiana (1) and Pseudoswammerdamia combinella (1). Not bad for April. Peter Hall

Bringsty Common: Alder Kitten

Bringsty Common: Brown Silver-line

Bringsty Common: Iron Prominent

Bringsty Common: Nut-tree Tussock

Bringsty Common: Orange Footman

Bringsty Common: Small Phoenix

Bringsty Common: Yellow-barred Brindle