Finemere Wood, Bucks

68 moths of 35 species between two MV lights at Finemere for the usual three hours from dusk last night certainly didn't break any records, but surprisingly there were two moths completely new for the already very extensive site list (circa 800 species) as well as one that I personally haven't recorded there previously.  The two site additions are shown below:

Spuleria flavicaput, Finemere Wood 21st May

Fox Moth female, Finemere Wood 21st May

As a hawthorn-feeder you'd expect Spuleria flavicaput to be quite widespread and the dozen or so Bucks sightings are certainly from right across the county (all to light at night), but the moth seems to be rarely recorded perhaps because it is active more during the daytime.  Fox Moth seems to be fairly widespread across the Vale of Aylesbury (it is seen regularly in Bernwood Forest and has turned up annually in my garden since 2017), but it is a moth associated more with heathland and chalk downland.

Amongst the other moths noted were a Light Brocade (a species I've never seen at Finemere although there is at least one previous site record) and a melanic Pale Tussock.

Pale Tussock f. concolor, Finemere Wood 21st May

Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks