Early this morning there were 3 Peregrine Falcons above the house making a right din and 2 Ravens "cronking".
The weather forecast was dry for last night, so I put the moth trap out at 9:45pm and checked it this morning at 5:30am. There were certainly plenty in the trap with 60 moths of 40 species.
As normal it's going to take awhile to ID them all, but here's a start with at least 6 new for year. I'm sure there will be a few more.
Moth 1 - Buff Ermine, Spilosoma lutea (1)
Moth 2 - Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Deilephila porcellus (1)
Moth 3 - Dusky Sallow, Eremobia ochroleuca (9)
Moth 4 - Starry Pearl, Cynaeda dentalis (1)
Moth 5 - The Dun-bar, Cosmia trapezina (1)
Moth 6 - Rosy Footman, Miltochrista miniata (1)
Moth 7 - moth sp. (2)Moth 8 - Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata (1)
Moth 9 - Brimstone Moth, Opisthograptis luteolata (1)
Moth 10 - Brown-line Bright-eye, Mythimna conigera (1)
Moth 11 - Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria (3)
Moth 12 - A very pale Willow Beauty, Peribatodes rhomboidaria (1)
Moth 13 - Rosy-striped Knot-horn, Oncocera semirubella (2)
Moth 14 - Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana (1)
Moth 15 - Dingy Footman, Eilema griseola (2)
Moth 16 - Cochylis molliculana, Ox-tongue Conch (2)
Moth 17 - Lime-speck Pug, Eupithecia centaureata (2)
Moth 18 - The Uncertain, Hoplodrina octogenaria (1)
Moth 19 - Common/Lesser Common Rustic agg (1)
Moth 20 - Dark/Grey Dagger agg (1)
Moth 21 - moth sp. (1)
Moth 22 - The Uncertain, Hoplodrina octogenaria (1)
Moth 23 - moth sp. (1)
Moth 24 - Possibly a Scarce Footman, Eilema complana (1)
Moth 25 - Rusty Dot Pearl, Udea ferrugalis (1)
Moth 26 - Possibly a Brussels Lace, Cleorodes lichenaria (1)
Moth 27 - Brown-tail, Euproctis chrysorrhoea (1)
Moth 28 - Small Waved Umber, Horisme vitalbata (1)
Moth 29 - moth sp. (1)
Moth 30 - The Lackey, Malacosoma neustria (2)
Moth 31 - moth sp. (1)
Moth 32 - moth sp. (1)
Moth 33 - Small Dotted Buff, Photedes minima (2)
Moth 34 - Black-headed Conch, Cochylis atricapitana (1)
Moth 35 - White-shouldered House Moth, Endrosis sarcitrella (1)
Moth 36 - Sharp-angled Peacock, Macaria alternata (1)
Moth 37 - Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata (2)
Moth 38 - moth sp. (1)
Moth 39 - Riband Wave, Idaea aversata (1)
Moth 40 - Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella (1)
Moth 41 - Dingy Dowd, Blastobasis adustella (1)
Moth 42 - Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (1)
Note: Many thanks to my good friend Nigel Sluman for helping me to identify many of the moths below.
Moth 1 - Buff Ermine
Moth 2 - Small Elephant Hawk-moth
Moth 3 - Dusky Sallow
Moth 4 - Starry Pearl
Moth 5 - The Dun-bar
Moth 6 - Rosy Footman
Moth 7 - moth sp.
Moth 8 - Common Carpet
Moth 9 - Brimstone Moth
Moth 10 - Brown-line Bright-eye
Moth 11 - Willow Beauty
Moth 12 - Probably a Willow Beauty but very pale.
Moth 13 - Rosy-striped Knot-horn
Moth 14 - Light Brown Apple Moth
Moth 15 - Dingy Footman
Moth 16 - Cochylis molliculana, Ox-tongue Conch
Moth 17 - Lime-speck Pug
Moth 18 - The Uncertain
Moth 19 - Common/Lesser Common Rustic agg
Moth 20 - Dark/Grey Dagger agg
Moth 21 - moth sp.
Moth 22 - The Uncertain
Moth 23 - moth sp.
Moth 24 - Scarce Footman
Moth 24 - Scarce Footman
Moth 25 - Rusty Dot Pearl
Moth 26 - Brussels Lace
Moth 27 - Brown-tail
Moth 28 - Small Waved Umber
Moth 29 - moth sp.
Moth 30 - The Lackey
Moth 31 - moth sp.
Moth 32 - moth sp.
Moth 33 - Small Dotted Buff
Moth 34 - Black-headed Conch, Cochylis atricapitana
Moth 35 - White-shouldered House Moth
Moth 36 - Sharp-angled Peacock
Moth 37 - Common Carpet same as Number 8.
Moth 38 - moth sp.
Moth 39 - Riband Wave
Moth 40 - Rush Veneer
Moth 41 - Blastobasis adustella
Moth 42 - Double-striped Pug