The actinic lights here at Westcott had mixed fortunes during the first half of March, with some blank nights at the beginning (1st, 2nd) as well as at the end (12th, 13th, 15th) but a reasonable amount of moth activity for the remainder. New for the 2025 garden year-list were:
(5th) Lead-coloured Drab
(6th) Agonopterix ocellana
(7th) Emmelina monodactyla
(8th) Agonopterix alstromeriana, Acleris ferrugana/notana, Twin-spotted Quaker
(9th) Satellite
(10th) Small Quaker
Nothing unusual there. The adult species count has now past 30 and, apart from a couple of recent seasons when we've had unusually warm weather at this time of year, that point is usually reached sometime during the first half of March so progress seems to be fairly close to where it should be.
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| Lead-coloured Drab, Westcott 5th March |
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| Agonopterix ocellana, Westcott 6th March |
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| Likely Acleris ferrugana, Westcott 8th March |
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| Satellite, Westcott 9th March |
Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks
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