Despite Bernwood being full of Forestry people trying to reduce the massive deer population on site when I arrived at dusk last night, I managed to safely run a couple of MV traps at the eastern end of Shabbington Wood without getting shot at! In the usual three hours the combined total was well over 300 moths of nine species. As at Finemere Wood a week ago, the majority were Pale Brindled Beauty and Spring Usher, although numbers of Tortricodes alternella (77 seen) are on the rise. Small Brindled Beauty (8) is just getting going, as is Oak Beauty (4). The only noctuids recorded were Satellite (1) & Chestnut (13) with no sign of any Quakers here yet.
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| Oak Beauty, Bernwood 8th February |
Meanwhile, back home at Westcott the slightly warmer conditions brought a double-digit count of moths from five species to the actinic light, including Satellite and Oak Nycteoline which were new for the 2022 garden year-list.
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| Oak Nycteoline, Westcott 8th February |
Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks
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