More variety

Yesterday (1st May) was a very pleasant sunny day and it was followed by a relatively mild night before the thunderstorms arrived locally in the early hours, so it stood to reason that it would be much better for moths than of late.  I took a couple of MV traps to Finemere Wood, Bucks for the usual three hours from dusk and about 40 species turned up.  Amongst them were several that I hadn't yet seen this year, including those shown below:

Common Swift, Finemere Wood 1st May

Brown Silver-line, Finemere Wood 1st May

Pale Tussock, Finemere Wood 1st May

Rustic Shoulder-knot, Finemere Wood 1st May

It was also good to see a few micros, including Plutella xylostella, Esperia sulphurella, Semioscopis steinkellneriana, Syndemis musculana & Pammene argyrana.  It looks as though the season is properly under way at last. 

Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks