Westcott, Bucks

Since the trio of species on 1st January (see here) I've had several more Mottled Umbers to the garden actinic light, while more of the usual suspects which fly during the first few weeks of the year have also begun to appear with Winter Moth (3rd), Spring Usher (13th) and Early Moth (15th) seen to date, although the only micro recorded so far has been an Acleris species (8th).  There has been no sign of any noctuids as yet but I imagine species such as Chestnut, Dark Chestnut and Satellite will join the party when and if we get some slightly warmer nights with rather less wind than we've had so far.

Acleris sp., Westcott 8th January

Spring Usher, Westcott 13th January

Early Moths, Westcott 15th January

The average number of adult macro-moth species seen here during January over the past 20 years is five and the maximum ever is ten (in 2019), drawn from 13 different species altogether, so I'm already very slightly ahead of the game. Dotted Border is likely to be the only one still left to emerge before the end of the month, with any other visitors being hibernators tempted out on suitable nights.

  

Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks