SAT 13 June 

Mild evening, clear sky, dry 7 calm - Total of 207 moths of 57sp, 4 NFY, 4 sp migrants 

NFY - Clancy's Rustic -M - only 1 previous early summer record for Devon, Dusky Brocade, 3 Small Blood-vein, 3 Swallow-tailed Moth, 

Migrants - Clancy's Rustic, 4 Silver Y, Bordered Straw, Rusty Dot Pearl 

OF interest-

Burnished Brass, 2 Small Angle Shades, Shears, Lychnis, Beautiful Hook-tip, Snout, Cabbage, 2 Buff-tip, 5 Heart & Club, Orange Footman, 2 Clouded Border, Sharp-angled Peacock, 3 Magpie 

Hawk-moth - 5 Elephant, Privet, Eyed , Poplar

Wave- 4 Dwarf Cream, Riband, Common 

Pugs - Brindled , Lime-speck, 2 Grey, Foxglove

Wainscot - 4 Common, 3 Obscure 

Photos and rest will be added later

FRI 12 June

Milder evening, V Breezy, cloudy, dry, total of 127 moths of 30 sp, 2 NFY, 2sp migrants

NFY- Plain Golden Y, Phtheochroa inopiana - 2nd site record 

Migrants - Singles of Rusty Dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth

Of Interest-

6 Heart & Club, 7 Dark Arches, 21 L arge Yellow U/wing, Pinion Streaked Snout, 2 Double Square Spot, 2 Buff-tip 

Hawk-moth- 2 Elephant, Eyed 

Wainscot - 2 Common, Obscure

No Pugs or Carpets

Also-

12 Flame, 11 Flame Shoulder, 14 heart & Dart, 5 Mottled Rustic, 2 Bright-line Brown-eye, Square Spot Rustic, 7 Marbled Minor -agg 

Willow Beauty, 2 Vines Rustic 

Photos added

WED 10 June

Cool evening, light breeze, partly cloudy, rain o/night. Total of 138 moths of 54sp, 2 NFY, 5 sp migrants 

NFY-

Common Swift, Celypha striana 

Migrants -

Delicate, White-point, L-album Wainscot, Turnip, Rusty Dot Pearl

Of interest-

Burnished Brass, Broad-barred White, Barred Straw, 2 Beautiful Hook-tip, 3 Sharp-angled Peacock, Peach Blossom, Pinion Streaked Snout, Middle-barred Minor, Tawny Marbled Minor, Double Lobed, Buff Arches, 2 Dark arches, Heart & Club, Orange Footman, Bee Moth, 3 Common Wainscot, Riband Wave, Magpie

Hawk-moth - 2 Privet, Poplar, 2 Elephant

Carpet- 2 Common Marbled, Purple Bar, 2 Rivulet

Pugs- Foxglove , 2 Grey

Also-

14 Heart & Dart, 14 Flame, 8 Flame Shoulder, 6 Willow Beauty, 

9 Buff Ermine, 6 Marbled Minor-agg, 7 Brighjt-line Brown-eye, 

6 Large Yellow U/wing, 4 Vines Rustic, 3 Set. Hebrew Character, 3 Small Square-spot, 3 mottled rustic, Treble Lines, Uncertain, 2 Clouded Silver, Common White Wave, Clouded Border, Brimstone 

Photos added

TUES 9 JUNE 

Another cool evening, breezy , cloudy but dry. Total of 146 moths of 38sp, 2 NFY, 2sp migrants 

NFY - Double Lobed , White Plume

Migrants - Silver Y, Rusty Dot Pearl 

Of interest-

4 Heart & Club, Poplar Grey, Double Square-spot, Magpie, 16 Buff & 1 White Ermine, Sharp Angled Peacock, 5 Mottled Rustic,, 3 Clouded Silver, Common Wave, Rustic 

Hawk-moth - 2 Elephant, Eyed, Privet 

Wainscot - 6 Common, 2 Obscure

Carpet- Common, Common Marbled, 

Pugs - Grey, 2 Green 

Also-

13 Flame, 11 Flame Shoulder, 21 Heart & Dart, 10 Marbled Minor-agg, 7 Large Yellow U/wing, 10 Bright-line Brown-eye, 4 Vines Rustic, 2 Willow Beauty, 2 Small Square-spot, 2 Treble Lines, 

Micros - Common Plume, 4 Garden Grass Veneer, 2 Small Magpie ,

Nematopogon swammerdamella 

Photos added

MON 8 JUNE 

After a spell of wet & windy weather lights back on - poor results with only 76 moths of 30 sp, 3 NFY, 1 Migrant 

NFY - Shark, 2 Uncertain, Flax tortrix 

Migrant - 1 Rush Veneer 

Of interest - 3 Common Wainscot, Heart & Club, Beautiful Hook-tip, Mottled Beauty, 2 Snout, Double Square-spot

Hawk-moth - 3 Elephant, 1 Privet

Carpet - 3 Common Marbled, Purple Bar

Pugs -4 Grey 

Also- 

10 Heart & Dart, 9 Buff & 1 White Ermine, 7 Flame, 3 Flame Shoulder, 3 Treble Lines, 4 Marbled Minor-agg, 2 Large Y U/wing, 

2 Bright -line Brown-eye, Set. Hebrew Character, Small Square-spot, 

Clouded silver, Willow Beauty 

Micros - Common Plume, Clepsis consimilana

Photos added

THURS 4 JUNE 

Cooler, strong breeze, cloudy, dry o/night. Total of 74 moths, of 27 sp, 3 NFY, 3 sp migrants 

NFY- White-speck- (M ), Broad-barred White, 

Migrants - 2 Silver Y, Rush Veneer

Of Interest- 

Small Clouded Brindle, Barred Straw, Peppered, Dark Arches, Common Wainscot, Small Square Spot, Mullein

Also-

3 Common Marbled Carpet, 8 Flame, 7 Flame Shoulder, 11 Heart & Dart, 10 Buff Ermine, 3 Clouded Silver, 5 Vines Rustic, Marbled Minor-agg, 3 Treble Lines, Set. Hebrew Character

Micros-

5 Garden Grass Veneer, Plum tortrix, Phycitodes-agg, Cnephasia-sp

Photos added

TUES 2 JUNE 

Cloudy, breezy, Rain o/night - big reduction in both numbers and species- total of 153 moths of 54 sp, 2 NFy, 7 sp migrants 

NFY - Middle-barred Minor, Coleophora peribenanderi

Migrants - Striped Hawk-moth, 4 Silver Y, l-album Wainscot, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl, White-point, 2 Small Mottled Willow, 2 Diamond-back Moth 

Of interest-

Peach Blossom, Pale Tussock, Common Lutestring, Shears, 2 Knot Grass, Grey Dagger-agg, Spectacle, 2 Ingrailed Clay, Buff-tip, 

Oak Eggar - Larval 

Carpets- 2 Common, 2 Common Marbled, Garden 

hawk-moth - Elephant, Eyed, Poplar

Pugs- Grey, Green

Wainscot - 5 Common, Shore 

Also -

12 Flame Shoulder, 20 Flame, 15 Heart & Dart, 7 Buff & 4 White Ermine, Thistle Ermine, 3 Clouded Silver, Clouded Border, 8 Marbled Minor - agg, 3 Bright-line Brown-eye, 3 Mottled Rustic, 9 treble Lines, 3 large Y u/wing, 2 Set. Herbaceous Character, 2 Common Wave, 4 willow Beauty, Shuttle Shaped Dart, 2 Brimstone, Bee Moth 

Micros-

Plum tortrix, Eudonia pallida, Dark fruit-tree tortrix, Tachystola acroxantha, 2 LBAM, 3 Garden Grass Veneer

SUN 31 May

Final trap for May- what a superb superb month. Cooler evening, cloudy light breeze. Total of 227 moths of 71sp, 6 NFY, 9 sp  migrants NFY - Delicate- M , Beautiful Hook Tip-tip -2, earliest Devon record is 29 May , Tawny Marbled Minor, Brussels Lace, 

Coronet, Common Bagworm

Migrants - 2 Striped Hawk-moth, Euchromius ocellea, 6 Silver Y, 8 Small Mottled Willow,  Bordered Straw, 4 Rusty dot Pearl,Rush Veneer

Of interest-

10 Pale Tussock, Puss Moth, Grey Dagger-agg, Burnished Brass, Peach Blossom, Figure of Eighty, Common Lutestring, Ingrailed Clay, Small Angle Shades, 2 small Fan-foot, Obscure Wainscot, 2 Common Wainscot, Orange Footman , Spectacle, Blood-vein, 3 Cream-spot Tiger

Hawk-moth- Privet, Elephasnt

Carpet- Common Marbled, 6 Garden, Sandy, Rivulet

Pugs - Grey, Common, Double-striped , 2 Foxglove

Also-

20 Flame, 8 Flame Shoulder, 7 willow Beauty, 14 White & 12 Buff Ermine, 17 Treble Lines, 5 Large Yellow U/wing, 5 Vines rustic, 

3 Mottled Rustic, Square-spot Rustic, 4 Clouded Silver, Clouded Border, 2 Pinion Streaked snout, Snout, 3 Knot Grass, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 5 Bright-line Brown-eye, 4 Set HebrewCharacter, 4 Marbled Minor _agg, 14 Heart & Dart, 3 Brimstone, 

Micros -5sp inc - Small Magpie, Garden pebble, Common plume

Photos added

SAT 30 May 

Favourable weather conditions continue- Mild, cloudy, light breeze , shower o/night - total of 263 moths of 78 sp, 4 NFY, 12 sp of migrants 1 NFG

NFG - Eastern Bordered Straw

NFY - 

Double Square Spot, Single Dotted Wave, Small Magpie, Four Spotted Footman - Larval 

Migrants - Bordered Straw, 4 Striped Hawk-moth, 2 small Marble, 

Gem, 7 Gusty dot Pearl, 22 Small Mottled willow, 3 silver Y, Turnip, 2 L-album wainscot, 4 Diamond-back moth, Dark Sword Grass, Rush Veneer 

Of Interest -

5 Pale Tussock inc a grey Melanic concolors- not seen that before, 

Obscure Wainscot, 4 Small Square Spot, Dark Arches, Peppered, Spectacle, 4 Knot Grass, Small Clouded Brindle, Buff Arches, Blood-vein, 2 Orange Footman, Burnished Brass, 3 Snout, Small Fan-foot, 

Cream -spot Tiger, Bee Moth

Hawk-moth - 4 Striped, 3 Elephant, 2 Poplar, Eyed

Carpets - 4 Common Marbled, 2 Garden, Red Twin-spot, Purple Bar, Rivulet, 3 Common, Ruddy

Wave- Satin, Common, Riband 

Pugs - Green, 2 Foxglove, 2 Grey

Also-

9 Brimstone, 21 Flame, 9 Flame Shoulder, 12 Trble Lines, 17 Heart & Dart, 8 Marbled Minor-agg, 2 Set. Hebrew Character, 4 Large Yellow U/wing, 11 White & 8 Buff Ermine, 1 thistle Ermine, 11 Willow Beauty, 2 Lychnis, 3 mottled Rustic, 2 Buff-tip, 4 pinion Streaked snout, 4 Clouded Silver, 4 Clouded Border, Straw Dot, 2 Common Wainscot, 2 Vines Rustic 

Micros-7sp

Photos added

Fri 29 MAY

Cooler evening, dry, calm, MV 80W would not light up !

Total of 209 moths of 65sp, 4 NFY, 7 sp migrants 

NFY - Broken -barred Carpet, Notocelia rosaecolena , Light Grey Tortrix, Lackey - Larval, 

Migrants - Euchromius ocellana, 17 Rusty Dot Pearl, 5 Diamond-back Moth, Silver Y, 11 Small Mottled Willow, Rush Veneer, 2 L-album Wainscot

Hawk-moth -1 Poplar

Carpets - Sandy, Purple Bar, Common Marbled Garden, 

Wave- 2 Dwarf Cream Wave, Small Dusty Wave, Common White , 2 Riband 

Pugs - 2 Foxglove, V.

Of Interest- 4 Cream -spot Tiger, May Highflyer, Small angle Shades, Barred Straw, 2 Peppered, White Pinion Spotted, 2 Orange Footman, 2 Common Wainscot, 4 Clouded Border, 2 pebble Prominent, Sharp-angled Peacock, 2 Small Square Spot, 3 Spectacle, 2 Knot Grass, Lychnis, 4 Pale Tussock, 4 Straw Dot, 3 Large Y U/wing, Oak Eggar - larval

Also-

18 Treble Lines, 13 Willow Beauty, 12 Heart & Dart, 11 Flame, 4 Flame Shoulder, 4 White 7 16 Buff Ermine, Thistle Ermine, 2 Buff -tip, 3 Clouded Silver, 2 Set. Hebrew Character, 6 Marbled Minor-agg, Bright-line Brown -eye, 2 Mottled Rustic, 4 Shuttle-shaped Dart, Brimstone, Vines Rustic, Bee Moth , 4 Pinion -streaked Snout

Micros -5sp inc 2 Nematopogon swammerdamella

Photos added- new page heading

THURS 28 MAY

Less Mild, shower o/night with a dusting of Saharan Dust, Total of 303 moths of 90 sp, 4 NFY, 11sp migrants 

NFY -

Clouded Bordered BrindleOf, Small Dust Wave, Dwarf Cream Wave, Cochylimorpha straminea

Migrants -

20 Rusty Dot Pearl, 15 Diamond-back Moth, 4 Silver Y, 13 Small Mottled Willow, Small Marbled, Rush Veneer, Ni Moth ( 2nd this week ), Striped Hawk-moth (3rd this week ), Angle Shadfes, Turnip Gem 

Of interest-

16 White & 7 Buff Ermine, 2 Thistle Ermine, 3 Buff -tip, 3 Clouded Silver, 2 Clouded Border, 2 blood-vein, 5 Pale Tussock, 2 Common Wainscot, Shears, 2 Small Clouded Brindle, Small Angle Shades, Peppered, 2 Sharp Angled Peacock, 3 Knot Grass, Burnished Brass, Least Black Arches, Poplar Grey, Fox Moth, 2 Cream-spot Tiger, Small Fan-foot

Hawk-moth - 2 Privet, Eyed, Elephant

Wave- Mullein, 2 Riband, Satin, Common White

Pugs- Toadflax, Green, 4 Double -Striped, Grey, 5 Common, Foxglove

Also -16 sp 

Micros 8sp 

Photos added

WED 27 MAY 

Less humid , light breeze, clear sky, dry - total of 403 moths of 90 sp, 6 NFY, 11 sp migrants 

NFY - 

2 Striped Hawk -moth, Elephant Hawk-moth, Satin Wave, Gallium Carpet, Barred Straw, Scoparia pyralella

Migrants - 28 Rusty Dot Pearl, 20 Diamond-back moth, 14 Silver Y, 24 Small Mottled Willow, Dark Sword Grass, Small Marbled, Rush Veneer, 2 Portland Ribbon Wave, Angle Shades, Radfords Flame Shoulder

Of Interest - 

3 Cream -spot Tiger, 8 Clouded Silver, Muslin, 6 Buff-tip, Peach Blossom, 2 Small Angle Shades, 4 Blood-vein, 4 Miller, 3 Snout, Peppered, Orange Footman, Alder M<oth, 2 Knot Grass, Shears, Tawny Shears, 2 spectacle, Poplar Grey, Cabbage, Light Emerald, Seraphim, Cream -bordered Green Pea, Pebble Prominent, Small Clouded Brindle, 5 Pale Tussock, 

Wainscot- Common, Shore , 3 Obscure, 

Carpet - Pretty Chalk, 2 sandy, Purple Bar, Rivulet, Garden, Green, 4 Common Marbled, Yellow-barred Brindle

Hawk-moth - Eyed, Privet

Wave- mullein, Common, Riband 

Pugs - Green, V, Fryers, 3 Foxglove, 2 Common, 4 Double-striped, Lime-speck, Grey 

Also-

6 brimstone, 33 Flame, 16 Flame Shoulder, 19 White & 12 Buff Ermine, 7 Vines Rustic, 9 Bright-line Brown-eye, 20 Treble Lines, 30 Heart & Dart, 11 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Large Yellow U/wing, 15 Marbled Minor-agg, 4 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 11 WillowOf Beauty, 3 Clouded Border, 2 Straw Dot, 2 Mottled Rustic, Light Emerald, Chinese Character

Micros 6sp inc-

Common Plume, 2 Green Oak Tortrix, Phycitodes maritime, Agapeta hamana 

Photos added

TUES 26 MAY 

 Very mild _warm nights produce record numbers of moths, total of 358 moths of 91sp plus at least 175 Diamond -back Moth ( gave up logging them after 23.30 )- 1 NFG, 14 NFY, 11sp migrants 

Nfg - Little Thorn 

NFY- 4 Millar, White-point (M ), Cinnabar, Thistle Ermine, Toadflax Pug, Ni Moth, Silver Ground Carpet, Pretty Calk Carpet, Figure of Eighty, Heart & Club, Beautiful Plume, Crocidosema plebejana, Agapeta hamana, Green Oak Tortrix, 

Migrants - additional to 2 sp above, Small Marbled, Euchromius ocellea, 175 + Diamond - back Moth, 20 Rusty Dot PEARL, 25 SMALL Mottled Willow, 7 Silver Y, Turnip, 2 Rush Veneer, 3 Portland Ribbon Wave, 

Of interest-

7 Clouded Silver, 9 Clouded Border, 23 White & 14 Buff Ermione, 2 Straw Dot, 2 Sharp Angled Peacock, 2 Knot Grass, 2 Cream-spot Tiger, Privet & Lime Hawk-moth, Ruby Tiger, Ingrailed Clay, 2 Muslin, 2 Small Angle Shades, 3 Buff-tip, Snout, 9 Pale Tussock, White Pinion Spotted, 2 Blood-vein, 2 Spectacle, Common Lutestring, Obscure Wainscot, Mullein Wave

Pugs - Fryers, Oak-tree, 2 foxglove, White - spotted, 6 Common, 3 Double-striped, Green, 3 Grey 

Carpets - Red Twin-spotted, 8 Common Marbled, 2 Common, 2 Purple Bar, Rivulet, 2 Sandy, 3 Green

Photos added

MON 25 May

Another very mild night-total of 332 moths of 82 sp, 3 NFG, 12 NFY 

9 sp migrants 

NFG -

Scarlet Tiger, Pseudargryrotoza cowpana, Spilonota ocellana

NFY -

Burnished Brass, Gold Spot, Cream-bordered Green Pea,  Engrailed , 

Poplar Grey, Dark Arches, DSmall Dusty Wave, Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Mother of Pearl, Bee Moth, Garden Grass Veneer, 

Nematopogon metaxella

Migrants - 26 Rusty Dot Pearl, 36 Diamond-back Moth, 19 Small Mottled Willow, 8 Silver Y, Rush Veneer, L-album Wainscot, Gem, 

Portland Ribbonh Wave, Angle Shades 

Of Interest=

4 Clouded Border, 5 Buff-tip, Snout, Small Fan-foot, 3 Sharp Angled Peacock, Muslin, 2 Dark Spectacle, 3 Alder Moth, Eyed Hawk-moth, Grey Dagger-agg, White Pinion Spotted, 5 Pale Tussock, Orange Footman, 3 Chinese Character, Mottled Rustic, Pale Pinion, Peppered, Iron Prominent, 2 Small Square-spot,  Small Clouded Brindle

Pugs - 6 Common, 4 Double-striped, Lime-speck, Grey, V,. 4 Foxglove

Wave- 2 Mullein, common , 2 Common White, 

Carpet- Sandy, Purple Bar-2, Red Twin-spot, 4 Common Marbled, 2 Common, 2 Rivulet, 2 Green 

Also-10 Flame Shoulder, 18 Willow Beauty, 5 Brimstone, 7 Set. Hebrew Character, 28 Treble Line, 14 White & 8 Buff Ermine, 

9 Marbled Minor -agg, 4 Clouded silver, 10 Heart & Dart, 2 Large Yellow U/wing, 3 Shuttle shaped Dart

4 Bright-line Brown-eye, Rustic -agg 

Micros -7sp

Photos added

SUN 24 MAY 

All previous site records broken- Total of 396 moths of 96 sp

2 NFG, 11 NFY, 13 migrants sp 

3 Outstanding migrants - NFG - Many -lined Moth - only 5 previous Devon records - lst in 2015 and prior to that 2007, 

Small Marbled, Euchromius ocellea

Other Migrants - 35 Rusty Dot Pearl, 45 Diamond-back moth, 

36 Small Mottled Willow, 10 Silver Y, 3 Portland Ribbon Wave, 7 Rush Veneer, 3 L-album Wainscot, 2 Angle Shades, Blair's Mocha, Vestal, 

NFY - Barrett's Marbled Coronet, Green Arches, Ingrailed Clay, 

Small Fan-foot-2, Fox Moth, Flame Carpet, Harworths Pug, Phycitodes saxicola, Carnations Tortrix 

Of Interest-

8 Pale Tussock, 4 Buff-tip, 3 Small Clouded Brindle, , tawny Shears, 2 Knot Grass, Obscure & Common Wainscot, Iron Prominent, Eyed Hawk-moth, Poplar Hawk-moth, 3 Sharp Angled peacock., 2 Orange Footman, 4 Clouded border, Pale Pinion, @ Clouded Silver, Cream-spot Tiger, Common Lutestring, 2 Snout, Spectacle, Peppered, 2 Alder Moth, Waved Umber, Brown Silver-line, Yellow-barred Brindle, May Highflyer, 

Pugs - Fryers, Double Striped, 4 Grey, 4 Common, 2 Lime-speck, 3 Foxglove, Brindled , V, 

Carpets - Rivulet, 2 Common Marbled, 2 Red Twin-spot, 2 Green, 

Purple Bar, Garden, Sandy

Wave - Riband, Mullein, Small White, Common 

Photos to be added later

SAT 23 MAY 

Another mild night , clear sky, calm - total of 176 moths of 62sp, 4 NFY, 8 sp migrants 

NFY -

Lime Hawk-moth, Vestal - migrant, White Pinion Spotted, Sallow Kitten 

Migrants -

20 Rusty Dot Pearl, 7 Rush Veneer, 3 Diamond-back Moth, Radfords Flame Shoulder, 4 Small Mottled Willow, Silver Y, L-album Wainscot 

Of interest-

2 Privet Hawk-moth, 2 Puss Moth, 2 Pale Tussock, Riband Wave, 2 Common Wave, Iron Prominent, Spectacle, Large Yellow U/wing, Scorched Wing, 2 Cream-spot Tiger, Blood -vein, Small Clouded Brindle, May Highflyer, 5 pinion - streaked Snout, Small Angle Shades, Orange Footman, 2 Lychnis, Light Emerald, 

Pugs - Fryers, 6 Common, 2 Double-striped, Foxglove, V, 

Carpet - 3 Garden, 2 Green, Common Marbled, Purple Bar 

Also-

20 Treble Lines, 7 Flame Shoulder, 13 Willow Beauty, 8 White Ermine, 4 Buff Ermine, 6 Flame, Vines Rustic, 3 Bright-line Brown-eye, Small Square-spot, 2 Marbled Minore-agg, mottled rustic, 

2 Heart & Dart , Setaceous & Hebrew Character 

Micros - 6sp 

Photos added

FRI- 22 May 

Very mild night , calm, dry, partly cloudy, all previous May records broken - total of 238 moths of 73 sp, 16 NFY, 8 sp migrants 

NFY -

Riband Wave, 2 Shore Wainscot, 2 L-album Wainscot - migrants, 

Ruddy Carpet, Orange Footman, Straw Dot, Marbled Brown, Eyed Hawk-moth, Peach Blossom, Notocelia uddmamiana, Nematopogon swammerdamella, Brown House Moth, 2 Tinea semifulvella, Bactria lancealana

Migrants - 

23 Small Mottled Willow, 6 Diamond-back moth, 13 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 3 Silver Y, 3 Rush Veneer, Portland Ribbon Wave, 

Of interest=

Cream-spot Tiger, Poplar Hawk-moth, 2 Snout, 3 Small Clouded Brindle, 5 Pinion Streaked Snout, Large Yellow U/wing, Knot Grass, Lychnis, Shears , Tawny Shears, 2 Mullein Wave, Clouded Silver, 2 Mottled Rustic, 3 Pale Tussock, Clouded Border,  2 Small Square Spot, Peppered, Common Wainscot, 2 Chinese Character, Common Lutestring, 

Pugs - White Spotted, 3 Double-striped, 2 Common, Foxglove, 

CarpetMigrants - 5 Green, Common Marbled, 3 Purple Bar

Also-

24 Treble Lines, 15 Willow Beauty, 11 flame Shoulder, 7 White & 2 Buff Ermine, 5 Heart & DArt, 3 Set Hebrew Character, 3 Bright-line Brown -eye, 4 Flame, 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 N

Marbled Minor-agg,Common Wave, Common Quaker 

Micros 6 sp 

Thursday -21 May

Mild , Brisk E breeze, clear sky - total of 115 moths of 55sp, 8 NFY, 4 Migrants sp

NFY -

Portland Ribbon Wave - migrant, Mottled Beauty, Rustic, Common Lutestring, Dark Spectacle, Small Square Spot, Privet Hawk-moth, Eupoecilla angustana 

Migrants -Radfords Flame Shoulder, Silver Y, 4 Diamond-back Moth, 

Of interest -

Snout, Lychnis, Poplar Hawk-moth, Chinese Character, Mottled Rustic, Light Emerald, Pale Prominent, Purple Bar, 2 Flame, Clouded 

Border, Rivulet, Small Clouded Brindle, Scorched Wing, Buff Arches (fresh ), Small Angle Shades 

Also- 20 Treble Lines, 19 Flame Shoulder, 8 White Ermine, 2 Buff Ermine, 2 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 2 Heart & Dart, 2 Clouded Silver, ,

2 Brimstone, 2 Common Wave, 2 Vines Rustic, 2 Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Common Carpet, 2 Green Carpet,. 3 Common Quaker, Common Pug, Grey Pug 

7 sp micros 

WED 20 MAY

Milder night, light breeze, cloudy- total of 90 moths of 42 sp, 7 NFY, 2sp migrants 

NFY-

Buff Arches, 2 Snout, Scorched Wing, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Light Emerald, Eudonia pallida, Notocelia trimaculana 

Migrants- Silver Y, Diamond -back moth

Of interest - Rivulet, Purple Bar, Marbled Coronet, 2 Small Angle Shades, Flame, Mottled Rustic, Swallow Prominent, Marbled Minor-agg, 2 Common Wainscot, Scalloped Hazel, 

Carpet- Red Twin-spot, Green, 2 Common Marbled 

Wave- Common, Common White, 

Pugs - Foxglove, 3 Common, 2 V, 2 Double-striped

Also=

16 Flame Shoulder, 12 Treble Lines, 3 Heart & Dart, 5 Vines Rustic, 2 Brimstone, 3 Bright-line Brown-eye, White & Buff Ermine

Micros - 5 LBAM, Agonopterix yeatiana, Water-dropwort Brown 

New photos added

TUES 19 MAY

Windy & wet - very poor only 20 moths of 14sp

Migrants - 1 Silver Y 

Also-

5 Treble Liners, 2 Vines Rustic, 2 Large Yellow U/wing, Brimstone, Buff Erminbe, Buff -tip., Clouded Silver, Common White Wave, Flame Shoulder, Common Marbled Carpet, Bright-lione Brown-eye, 

Common Pug, Double Striped Pug 

FRI 15 MAY

Cold days & nights continue - traps on 21.30 - only 4 pots by 23.30, total of 55 moths of 23 sp , 1 NFY 

NFY - Larval- Oak Eggar

Migrants - Radfords Flame Shoulder, Rusty dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth

Of Interest-

3 Scalloped Hazel, Pebble Prominent, Common Wainscot, 2 Buff-tip, 

2 Bright-line Brown-eye, Least Blasck Arches, Marbled Minor-agg, Poplar Hawk-moth 

Also-

23 Treble Lines, 5 Flame Shoulder, 2 Vines Rustic, White Ermine, Early Grey, Brimstone, Common Carpet, Common Marbled Carpet, Shuttle Shaped Dart, 2 Common Pug, Grey Pug

Photos added

TUES 12 MAY 

Cool evening, dry , light breeze, total of 70 moths of 30sp, 2sp migrants 

Migrants - Rusty Dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth 

Of Interest-

Shears, Cabbage, Chinese Character, Marbled Minor-agg, Mullein, 

2 Clouded Border, Small Clouded Brindle, Yellow-barred Brindle, 

Lime-speck Pug, Bright-line Brown -eye, Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Purple Bar, Common Wave, 2 Vines Rustic, 2 Muslin, 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 

Also-

24 Treble Lines, 13 Flame Shoulder, Early Grey, Hebrew Character, 2 Brimstone, Buff Ermine, White Ermine, Common Pug 

Micros - LBAM, Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 

Photos added

SUN 10 MAY

Much cooler, dry , light NE breeze, clear sky at, total of only 82 moths of 32 sp, 1 NFY, migrants 4 sp

NFY - Blastobasis lacticolella 

Migrants - Silver Y, Radfords Flame Shoulder, Small Mottled Willow, 

3 Diamond-back moth 

Of interest-

Puss Moth, Cream Spot Tiger, Spectacle, Clouded Border, Common Wave, Knot Grass, Shears, 2 Muslin, Pebble Prominent, 3 Buff-tip, Large Yellow U/wing, White Ermine 

Carpets - 3 Green, 3 Garden, 3 Common Marbled

Pugs - 2 Freyers, 6 Common, Grey, Double-striped

Also-

21 Treble Lines, 6 Flame Shoulder, 6 Shuttle-shaped Dart,2 Common Quaker, 2 Least Black Arches, Heart & Dart, Early Grey 

Micros- Eudonia angustea, Cyclamen tortrix

Photos added

SAT 9 MAY 

Mild, dry but breezy- lights on 22.35-o/nt , total of 118 moths of 38sp, 2 NFY, Migrants 4 Sp 

NFY- 2 Alder Moth ( not recorded last year ), 2 Vine's Rustic 

Migrants - 7 Silver Y , Pearly Underwing, 3 Diamond- back moth, Angle Shades

Of Interest-

Peppered, 2 Lychnis, Knot Grass, 2 Shears, Tawny Shears, 2 Mullein, 

Buff-tip, Marbled Minor-agg, Early Thorn, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Yellow- barred Brindle, 

Carpets - 2 Green, 2 Garden, 2 Common, 2 Common Marbled , Red Twin-spot 

Pugs - None !

also -

25 Treble Lines , 17 Flame Shoulder, 11 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 

Heart & Dart, Mottled Rustic, 2 Brimstone, Bright-line Brown-eye, Buff Ermine, White Ermine, Muslin, 2 Least Black Arches, Willow Beauty 

Larval - Winter Moth

Micros - 8 LBAM, 3 Eudonia angustea

New Photos added

FRI 8 MAY 

Mild , light NE breeze, dry, Total of 121 moths of 45 sp, 2 NFY, 2sp migrants 

NFY - Small Angle Shades, Plum tortrix 

Migrants - 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 2 Diamond-back moth 

Of interest-

3 Peppered, 2 Pebble Prominent, Iron Prominent, Lychnis, Knot Grass, Small Clouded Brindle, Marbled Minor-agg, Dotted Border, Common Wave, Clouded Silver, Clouded Border, Cream Spot Tiger, 2 pinion Streaked Snout, 3 least Black Arches, Heart & Dart

Carpets - 4 Green, 2 Garden, 3 Common Marbled, 2 Red Twin-spot, Common

Pugs - Lime-speck, 2 Double-striped, 3 Common 

Also -

26 Treble Lines, 17 Flame Shoulder, 2 Common Quaker, White Ermine, 2 Muslin, 3 Brimstone, 2 Bright-line Brown -eye, 2 Shuttle - shaped Dart, Early Grey, Willow Beauty 

Micros - 6 Eudonia angustea, 5 LBAM, 2 Agonopterix yeatiana, Acleris notana-agg, Water-dropwort Brown, Agonopterix heracliana -agg

Larval - Magpie

Photos addeed

ThURS 7 MAY 

Late decision to light up proved a good choice with 148 mots of 46sp, 11 NFY, 3 sp migrants - milder , cloudy, dry ,light E breeze- 

particularly good o/night - the first Waionscots 

NFY -

Grey Dagger-agg, Flame, Scalloped Hazel, Mottled Rustic, 

Obscure Wainscot, Common Wainscot, Brown Silver-line, 

Bordered Straw- migrant, Celypha lacunana, Mompha jurassicella, Heart & Dart

Migrants -

2 Radfords Flame Shoulder, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl

Of Interest-

Shears, Lychnis, Ruby Tiger, 2 Small Clouded Brindle, 2 Clouded Border, 2 peppered, Dotted Border, Powdered Quaker 

Also - 

2 White Ermine, 27 Flame Shoulder, 25 Treble Lines, 11 Common Quaker, 7 Muslin, 3 Shuttle- shaped Dart, 3 Bright-line Brown -eye, 2 Hebrew Character, Early Grey, Least Black Arches, 2 Pebble Prominent, 

Carpets - 4 Common Marbled, 3 Garden, 2 DSandy, 4 Red Twin-spot, 2 Green 

Pugs- 3 Double -striped, Common, Foxglove, Grey

Micros - 12 LBAM, + 3sp 

Lots of photos added

WED 6 MAY

Cold evening 7c, Dry calm , clear sky . Lights on at 21.15-o/night 

just 61 moths of 23sp, 1 NFG, 2 NFY , 2 migrant sp 

NFG - Mompha divisella

NFY - Blair's Mocha - the best migrant so far this year- a rare Spring record.

Tawny Pinion 

Of interest-

Chocolate -tip - in last 6 years only 2 records , now 3 so far in 2026

Poplar Hawk-moth, March Moth, Clouded Border, 2 pebble Prominent, 11 Muslin

Also -

12 Treble Lines, 5 Flame Shoulder, 4 Common Quaker, 2 green Carpet, Garden Carpet, Early Grey, 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 

Buff Ermine, 3 Common Pug, Foxglove Pug

Micros - 2 sp

Photos added- new page

TUES 5 MAY 

Dry, cloudy , light breeze total of 119 moths of 47sp, 6 NFY, migrants 3 sp

NFY - Nutmeg - first Devon May record since 2010!, Knot Grass,

Setaceous Hebrew Character, White-spotted Pug, Jersey Mocha -migrant, Common Marbled Carpet

Migrants - Radfords Flame Shoulder, Rusty Dot Pearl

Of Interest - Angle Shades, Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Tawny Shears, 

Yellow-barred Brindle, Lychnis, Clouded Border, Mullein Wave, 

Pebble Prominent, Common White Wave , 2 Pinion -streaked Snout, 

Small Clouded Brindle, Small Seraphim, Rivulet, Red Chestnut, Willow Beauty, 

Carpets - 2 Garden, 2 Red Twin-spot, Sandy, 4 Green 

Pugs - 5 Common, 6 Double-striped, Grey

Also-

17 Flame Shoulder, 25 Treble Lines, 6 common Quaker, 2 Muslin, 1 White Ermine, Buff Ermine, 2 Hebrew Character, Shuttle Shaped Dart, Brimstone, Least Black Arches 

 Micros - 7 sp 

Photos added

MON 4 MAY

Cooler evening, dry, calm, some high cloud , total of 129 moths of 44sp, 4 NFY, migrants 3 sp

NFY - Common White Wave, 3 Small Clouded Brindle, Ringed China Mark, Phycitodes saxicola ( gen Det req'd )

Migrants - Radford's Flame Shoulder, 2 Diamond -back Moth, Rusty Dot Pearl 

Of interest -

Chocolate-tip, Shears, Powdered Quaker, Red Chestnut, Buff Ermine, Common Wave, Bright-line Brown-eye, Marbled Coronet, 

Pale Tussock, Dotted Border, May Highflyer, 6 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Clouded Border.

Carpets- 7 Green, 3 Garden 

Prominents - Swallow, pale, Pebble 

Pugs - 7 Double-striped, v, 7 Common

Also-

!5 Flame Shoulder, 25 Treble Lines, Least Black Arches, 3 Hebrew Character, 9 Common Quaker, 2 Muslin, Brimstone, 2 Willow Beauty, 

Micros - Twenty Plume, Common Plume, 5 LBAM, Eudonia angustea, 

2 Agonopterix yeatiana, Agonopterix heracliana-agg

Photos added

SUN 3 May

Evening update- the rare micro was confirmed by Chris Vincent as  Agonopterix pallorella- also confirmed by Phil Sterling - 3rd Devon record 

Milder evening, dry, calm, cloudy - total of 118 moths of 45sp, 

NFG - Agonopterix pallorella

2 NFY, Migrants 3sp - 1 micro still to be identified

NFY - Cyclamen tortrix, Ypsolopha mucronella - 2nd site record 

Migrants -

9 Diamond -back Moth, 4 Rusty Dot Pearl, Small Mottled Willow

Of Interest-

Prominents - 2 Pale, 2 Pebble, Great 

Dotted Border, Ruby Tiger, Chinese Character, Small Seraphim, 

May Highflyer, 2 Pinion Streaked Snout, Streamer, Shears, 

2 Clouded Border, 2 waved umber, Powdfered Quaker - fresh, 2 WillowOf Beauty

Carpets - 4 Green, 3 Red Twin-spot, 2 Garden Sandy

Pugs - 12 Double striped, V, Brindled, 3 Common

Also-

9 Flame Shoulder, 6 Common Quaker, 5 Trebble Lines, 7 Muslin, Nut -tree Tussock, 3 Hebrew Character, Brimstone , Early Grey, White Ermine, 2 Least Black Arches

Micros 5sp inc 4 Twenty Plume

Photos added 

SAT 2 May

After a wet day evening cool, calm & cloudy, damp o/night 

total of 88 moths45sp, 5 NFY, migrants 6sp

NFY - Shears, Yellow-barred Brindle, Pale Tussock -worn, 

Epinotia bi Luna a, Phycitodes - agg

Migrants 

Dark Sword Grass, 4 Rusty Dot Pearl, Radfords Flame Shoulder, 3 Small Mottled Willow, Silver Y, Diamond - back moth

of interest-

6 Trebble Lines, 2 Least Black Arches, Buff & White Ermine, 

Common Wave, Pale & Pebble Prominent, Lychnis, Buff. Tip, 2 Nut -tree Tussock, Pinion-streaked Snout, Waved Umber, Blood -vein, Peppered, Clouded Border, 2 Scorched Carpet , 7 Green Carpet

Photos added 

Fri 1 MAY

Cooler evening, dry, partly cloudy- total of 102 moths of 48sp, 4 NFY, Migrants 4sp

NFY - Mullein Wave, Small Seraphim, Fern , Campion - last 2 are likely to be the earliest Devon records 

Migrants - 

7 Diamond -back moth, Silver Y, Rusty Dot Pearl, Small Mottled Willow

Of interest -

2 Pale Prominent, 2 Swallow Prominent, Great Prominent, , 3 Muslin, 6 Trebble Line, 2 Lychnis, May Highflier, Peppered, 2 Pinion -streaked Snout, Red Chestnut, Streamer, Sharp-angled Peacock, 

2 Waved Umber, Clouded Silver, 3 Clouded Border

Carpets - 2 Green, Garden, Scorched 

Pugs- 7 Double- striped , Brindled, 3 Common, Foxglove, 3 V

Also-

6 Flame Shoulder, 2 Least Black Arches, 5 Common Quaker, 3 Hebrew Character, 5 Brimstone, 3 White Ermine, Nut-tree Tussock, Early Grey, 

Micros - 5 LBAM, Agonopterix yeatiana, Eudonia angustea, Eudonia immundana, 2 Water-dropwort Brown, 2 Dep. radialla

Photos added

THURS 30 APRIL 

Really good weather conditions resulted in all previous April site records being smashed , total of 189 moths of 71 sp, 1 NFG, 22 NFY, Migrants 5 sp

NFG - Semioscopsis steinkellneriana

NFY -

3 Trebble Lines, 2 Chinese Character, Buff Tip, Blood -vein, Buff Ermine, Turnip Moth, Sandy Carpet, Scorched Carpet, Purple Bar, 2 Clouded Silver, Garden Pebble, Pinion- streaked Snout, Foxglove Pug, Freyers Pug, Green Pug, Willow Beauty, May Highflyer, 

Pebblele Hook-tip, 2 Iron Prominent, Marbled Minor-agg, Sharp-angled Peacock 

Migrants -

29 Diamond -back Moth, 6 Small Mottled Willow, 2 Silver Y, 

2 Rusty Dot Pearl, Radfords Flame Shoulder

Of Interest-

6 Least Black Arches, Chocolate Tip, 4 Waved Umber, Pale Pinion ,

Great Prominent, Pale Prominent, Pebble Prominent, Ruby Tiger, 

Peppered, Mullein, Pine Beauty - 2nd this year, 2 Nut -tree Tussock, 

Lunar Marbled Brown, 2 Marbled Coronet, 2 Lychnis, 4 Muslin, 2 White Ermine

Carpets - 2 Garden, 5 Red Twin-sot, Water, 3 Common, Green, Streamer

Pugs - Brindled, 2 Oak-tree, 5 Common, 1 Grey, 3 V , 8 Double Striped

Also-

9 Flame Shoulder, 6 Brimstone, 3 Hebrew Character, 10. Common Quaker, 3 Early Grey, 2 Shuttle-shaped e Dart, Magpie- larval

Micros - 8 sp inc- 6 Twenty Plume, 3 Tachystola acroxantha,

Agonopterix yeatiana, Epidoma immundana

Lots of new photos added

Tuesday 28 APRIL 

Poor weather conditions resulted in only 22 moths of 16 sp , 3 NFY

NFY - Pale Prominent ( also had 2 on 26th - not recorded as NFY)

Cream Spot Tiger - first April site record , Ruby Tiger 

Of interest -

Brindled Beauty, Red Twin Spot Carpet, Mullein , White Ermine 

Micros - Another Little Buff Tip ( i had retained yesterdays for further investigation - so not a retrap ), Common Plume 

Photos added 

MON 27 April 

Cooler evening than expected, calm , dry, -windy next morning .

Total of 54 moths of 33 sp., 4 NFY, 2sp migrants 

NFY - Chocolate Tip ( only 3rd site record ), Puss Moth, 

Acleris hastiana, Little Buff-tip

Migrants - Dark-sword Grass, Pearly Underwing

Of interest - 

Carpet - 4 Green, 3 Garden, Red Twin-spot 

Brindled Beauty, Bright-line Brown-eye, Tawny Shears, March Moth, White Ermine, Pebble Prominent ,Least Black Arches, Waved Umber 

Micros - 4sp inc Agonopterix subpropinquella

Photos added

SUN 26 APRIL 

Cloudy, dry, calm & milder - total of 73 moths of 34 sp, 2 NFG, 3 NFY, 3 Migrant sp

NFG - Sulpher -bark Moth, Pale-backed Detritus moth 

NFY - Cabbage, Lychnis, Notocelia cynosbateela 

Migrants - Silver Y, Pearly Underwing, Diamond-back Moth 

Of interest-

11 Muslin, 2 Pale Prominent, Tawny Shears, Streamer, Nut-tree Tussock, Least Black Arches, Common Wave , Green Carpet

Also-

5 Flame Shoulder, 4 Common Quaker, 3 Early Grey, Hebrew Character, Clouded Border, 4 Brimstone, 2 Garden Carpet

Magpie- larval, 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart

Pugs - 5 Common, 2 V, 1 Grey

Micros - 5 LBAM, 4 Eudonia angustea, Twenty Plume, 2 Water-dropwort Brown 

Photos added

SAT 25 April 

Improved weather conditions , calm  & dry produced 73 moths of 35 sp, 2 NFY, 3 migrant sp

NFY - Rivulet, Small Phonix

Migrants - Silver Y, Rusty Dot Pearl., Diamond-back Moth 

Of interest - 

Carpets- 2 Red Twin -spot, 5 Garden, 1 Water, 1 Green 

Pugs - 1 Grey, 3 Common, 1 Double-striped, 1 Oak-tree, 1 V

Lunar Marbled Brown, 2 pebble Prominent, Clouded Border, Shoulder Stripe, White Ermine, Early Thorn, Brindled Beauty, 3 Waved Umber, Least Black Arches 

Also -

7 Flame Shoulder, 6 Muslin, 6 Hebrew Character, 3 Common Quaker, 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart

Micros - 5 LBAM, 3 Depressaria radiella, 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, Clepsis consimilana, Water -dropwort Brown, Eudonia angustea 

Photos added

FRI 24 APRIL 

Cooler evening, dry, cleare sky, light E breeze after 21.00. Total of 47 moths of 21sp, 2 NFY, 3sp migrants 

NFY - Small White Wave, Grey Pug 

Migrants - 2 Dark-sword Grass, Silver Y, Rusty Dot Pearl

Macros -

7 Muslin, 5 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4 Common Quaker, 1 powdered Quaker, 5 Hebrew Character, 3 Flame Shoulder, 2 Garden Carpet, 1 Mullein, Brimstone, Early Grey, Pebble Prominent, 2 Oak-tree Pug, V Pug 

Micros -

4 LBAM, Twenty Plume, 2 Water-dropwort Brown 

Photos added

THURS 23 APRIL 

Clear sky, still v windy , dry - no moths by 23.00 , only 12 of 8 sp o/night 

Migrants - 3 Silver Y, Diamond Back Moth 

Macros-

2 Flame Shoulder, 2 Muslin, Pebble Prominent, Common Quaker, 

Hebrew Character, 

Micro-LBAM 

WED 22 APRIL 

Because of the strong E wind no moths by 23.00 o/night better , total of 22 moths of 13 sp, 1 NFY, 2 Migrants 

NFY- 1 White Ermine,

Migrants - Silver Y, Dark-sword Grass 

Macros -

6 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 

2 Hebrew Character, 2 Muslin Moth, 2 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 

Flame Shoulder, Mullein, Common Pug 

Micros - 1 LBAM 

photos added

MON 20 APRIL 

Unattendede until 23.00- clear sky, cool, dry, brisk ESE breeze- total of 40 moths of 16sp, 1 NFY

NFY- 2 Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix 

Macros -

7 Early Grey, 6 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 6 Hebrew Character, 4 Garden Carpet, 4 Brimstone, Pebble Prominent, 

Shuttle-shaped Dart, March Moth, Clouded Border, Brindled Beauty, Flame Shoulder, 2 Common Pug 

Micro-

Agonopterix heracliana-agg

New photos added

SUN 19 April

Cool, clear sky, dry, calm - lights on 20.40- only 6 pots by 23.30- better o/night - total of 30 moths of 12 sp, 2 NFY, 1 sp migrant 

NFY-

Great Prominent, Poplar Hawk-moth- (2025 3. May ) 

Migrant -

2 Silver Y 

Macros -

7 Muslin Moth, 4 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 4 Early Grey, 3 March Moth, 3 Brindled Beauty, 2 Hebrew Character.

Micro- 1 Eudonia angustea

New photos added

THURS 16 APRIL 

Cloudy, milder, dry, windy o/night. Highest species total of the year

29 out of 51 moths, 7 sp migrants , 4 NFY

NFY -

Spectacle, Rush Veneer- migrant, Clepsis consimilana, Magpie (larval)

Migrants -

Radfords Flame Shoulder, Silver Y, Small Mottled Willow, Angle Shades, Rusty Dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth

Macros -

5 Common Quaker, 5 Hebrew Character, 5 Brimstone, 3 Nut-tree Tussock, 3 Early Grey, 3 Green Carpet, Garden Carpet, Water Carpet, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Early Thorn, Red Chestnut, Least Black Arches, Pebble Prominent, 2 Double-striped Pug, V Pug, Common Pug,

Micros - 4 LBAM, Twenty-plume Moth , Agonopterix heracliana

problems with photos will try & add later

WED 15 APRIL

Clear sky, windy SW F5, Shower o/night . Very poor due to wind only, only 12 moths of 9sp, 1 NFY

NFY-

Tachystola acroxantha

Macros -

3 Hebrew Character, 2 Common Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker,

1 Shuttle-shaped Dart, Muslin Moth, Green Carpet, Water Carpet, 

Double-striped Pug 

TUES 14 April 

Wet night, no sheets, light breeze. 30 moths of 15sp, 1 NFY, 2 sp migrants 

NFY - 2 Green Carpet

Migrants - Dark Sword Grass, 2 Rusty Dot Pearl

Macros -

5 Hebrew Character, 4 brimstone, 3 early Grey, 3 Muslin Moth, 2 Common Quaker, Shoulder Stripe, Angle Shades, March Moth, Double -striped Pug

Micros - LBAM, Eudonia angustea 

Photos added 

MON 13 APRIL 

Cool, pearly cloudy, calm, Rain o/night -Sheets on the floor .

Another interesting night for the site - 38 moths of 17sp- 1 NFG, 3 NFY,2 early dates for Devon 

NFG - 

Syndemis musculana- new earliest date for Devon - previous 17/4/2003

NFY -

Tawny Shears - only 1 earlier date- 31/03/2011, Oak-tree Pug 

Acleris notana/ferrugana

Migrants -

Rusty dot Pearl, Diamond-back Moth

Macros-

6 Common Quaker, 5 Early Grey, 4 Hebrew Character, 3 Muslin Moth, 2 Waved Umber, 2 Brimstone, 2 March Moth, 1 Early Thorn, 

1 Common Wave

Micros-

3 LBAM, 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg

New Photos added

SUN 12 April

Cool night, calm Unattended -just 18 moths of 10sp but still 2 NFY

NFY -

Garden Carpet, Peppered 

Macros -

4 Hebrew Character, 3 Common Quaker, Powdered Quaker, 2 Early Grey, 3 March Moth, Early Thorn, Flame Shoulder, Muslin Moth

New Photos added

FRI 10 APR 

Cold night, brisk SSE breeze, o/night some rain as all my sheets soaking wet and blown down 

Total of 34 moths of 15sp, 1 NFY, 3 migrants 

NFY - 1 Radfords Flame Shoulder-migrant 

Migrants - 3 Diamond -back Moth, Rusty dot Pearl

Macros -

8 Hebrew Character, 7 common Quaker, 1 Powdered Quaker, 

4 Early Grey, Water Carpet, Least Black Arches, March Moth, Brimstone, Clouded Drab, Double Striped Pug, 

Micros - 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, LBAM 

Photos added 

THURS 9 APRIL

Cooler conditions , brisk NW breeze, unattended , total of 51 moths of 12sp, 2 NFY 

NFY - Swallow Prominent, Silver Y- migrant 

Migrant - 1 Diamond-back Moth

Macros -

15 Hebrew Character, 12 Common Quaker, 4 Powdered Quaker, 

8 Early Grey, 3 Muslin Moth, 2 march Moth, 2 Early Thorn

Micros - LBAM , Eudonia angustea

WED 8 APRIL 

Even better than last night !. Clear sky, dry mild and calm produced 103 moths of 35sp with 11 NFY.

NFY - MIGRANTS 

Small Mottled Willow, Rusty Dot Pearl, Gem- M,

Locals -

Shuttle Shaped Dart, Common Pug, Bright-line Brown-eye, 

Frosted Green, Clouded Border- very early , Least Black Arches, Lunar Marbled Brown , 2 Epitonia immundana 

Migrants - 3 Diamond Back Moth 

Macros -

16 Common Quaker, 3 Powdered Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 9 March Moth - site day record, 9 Brimstone, 12 Hebrew Character, 6 Early Grey, 5 Nut-tree Tussock - site day record, 3 Early Thorn, 2 Muslin Moth, 4 Waved Umber, Herald, Angle Shades, Common Wave , Shoulder Stripe, Brindled Beauty, Dotted Border, Red Chustnut, 3 V-Pug, Double -striped Pug, 

Micros -

4 Eudonia angustea, 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, LBAM 

Plenty of new photos added

TUES 7 April - best night of the year - clear sky, mild, dry, still breezy , total of 89 moths of 24 sp , 4 NFY

NFY - 2 very early Devon Records -

Lime-speck Pug - 3rd earliest Devon record-not recorded 2025 until3 May

Marbled Coronet - earliest devon record by 6 days 

Common Carpet, 2 Diamond -back moth- migrant 

Migrants- just 2 Dark Sword -grass 

Macros -

23 Common Quaker, 2 Powdered Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 13 Early Grey - day record , 11 Hebrew Character, 9 Brimstone, 6 march Moth, 3 Muslin Moth, 2 Dotted Border, Oak Beauty, 2 V-Pug, Double-striped Pug, Early Thorn, Nut-tree Tussock

Micros -

Agonopterix heracliana-agg, 2 LBAM, Depressaria radiella, Water-dropwort Brown, Eudonia angustea

New photos added 

MON 6 April 

Traps on 20.15 , clear sky, dry, windy 5/6 SE- little shelter .

Total of 42 moths of 12 sp, 2 NFY 

NFY -

Brindled Beauty, Mullein 

Migrants - 2 Dark Sword-grass

Also -

14 Common Quaker, 10 Early Grey, 6 Hebrew Character, 3 March Moth, Brimstone, Winter Carpet, Pebble Prominent, Early Thorn, Oak Beauty 

New photos added

Sun 5 April 

Traps on at 20.15 - clear sky , dry, Cold - total of 31 moths but only 8sp-

8 Early Grey, 6 Common Quaker, 6 March Moth, 5 Hebrew Character, 

2 Brimstone, 2 Dotted Border, 1 Oak Beauty 

! Agonopterix heracliana-agg 

THURS 2 APRIL 

Traps switched off at 22.00 due to winds and rain . Total of 11 moths of 7sp ,but 2 NFY 

NFY - Flame Shoulder, Ypsolopha mucronella  ( Spindle moth - 2nd site record )

Macros-

3 Common Quaker, Powdered Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character, 2 double-striped Pug, Nut -tree tussock 

Photos added

WED 1 APRIL

Traps on at 20.10- light rain from 21.00, calm , cooler @ 07.00.

Total of 40 moths of 16sp, 1NFY

NFY- Shoulder Stripe 

Macros-

4 Hebrew Character, 3 Common Quaker, 6 Early grey, 5 Brimstone, 

3 V Pug, 2 double-striped Pug, 3 Waved Umber, 3 March Moth, 

2 Dotted Border, 2 Nut Tree Tussock, Muslin MOTH, Pebble Prominent, Early Tooth-striped, Oak Beauty 

Micros - 2 Water -dropwort Brown

New photos added

TUES 31 MARCH 

Traps on at 20.15- milder, dry, cloudy from 21.30 , light NW breeze

Total of 57 moths of 20sp., 3 NFY, 1 Migrant 

Joined this morning by Ella - a student at Falmouth Uni , lives in Loddiswell. Traps opened at 08.30 when Ella arrived for her first experience of mothing- She took around 500 photos with her micro lens camera 

NFY - 2 Nut Tree Tussock, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Common Plume,

Migrant - Dark Sword Grass

Macros-

14 Common Quaker, 2 Powdered Quaker, 9 Early Grey, 5 Hebrew Character, 5 Brimstone, 4 March Moth, 2 Waved Umber, 2 V Pug, 

2 Early Thorn, 1 Muslin Moth, Oak Beauty,  Early Tooth-striped, 

Dotted Border

Micros -

LBAM, Water-dropwort Brown, Agonopterix heracliana - agg

New photos added

MON 30 MARCH

Traps on 20.00, MV trap on ok, Clear sky, dry, cool, light breeze- O/night cloudy temp rose Total of. Total of 45 moths of 12 sp

11 Hebrew Character, 9 Early Grey, 8 Common Quaker, 

1 Powdered Quaker, 5 March Moth, 3 Early Thorn, 2 Dotted Border, 1 Waved Umber, 1 V Pug, 1 Brimstone 

Micro-

1 Eudonia angustea

photos added

SAT 28 March 

Traps on 19.45 - unattended , MV trap failed - possibly a bad connection Cold,.

Very poor only 10 moths of 6 sp, but 1 was NFY 

NFY - Early Moth 

Also-

4 Hebrew Character, 2 Early Grey, Red Chestnut, March Moth, Common Quaker 

Photos added 

THURS 26 MARCH 

Traps on at 19.15- o/night , partly cloudy, cool, shower o/Night, calm . Only 15 pots by 23.15 - finished with a total of 43 moths of 20 sp, 1 NFG, 3 NFY 

NFG - Agonopterix subpropinquella 

NFY - 2 Powdered Quaker, Dark Sword Grass - migrant, Streamer 

Macros - 

8 Common Quaker, 5 Hebrew Character, 5 March Moth, m4 Early Grey, 2 water Carpet, 1 Early Tooth-striped, Oak Beauty, Waved Umber, Dotted Border, Chestnut, Pale Pinion, Clouded Drab, 3 Double Striped Pug

Micros -

2 Water- dropwort Brown, Eudonia angustea, Agonopterix. Yeatiana 

photos added

MON 23 MARCH

19.30-o/night - poor only 31 moths of 9sp , partly cloudy, dry, light breeze, less mild 

10 Common Quaker, 6 Hebrew Character, 6 Early Grey, 1 Small Qkr, 

2 Clouded Drab, 2 March Moth, 2 Early Thorn, 1 Oak Beauty 

Micro-

1 Water D Brown 

SUN 22 MARCH 

Best night of the year- Traps on 19.00-o/night , Cloudy ( until 22.00), dry , light breeze & milder- these conditions produced a total of 106 moths of 22 sp , 7 NFY

NFY-

Pine Bunting - 2nd site record , last year 27/4, 2 M Muslin Moth -7/4/25 , 3 Water Carpet, Early Toothed-striped, 2 Brimstone, 

Brindled Pug, Twenty Plume Moth 

Macros-

24 Common Quaker, 3 Small Quaker, 17 Hebrew Character, 

10 Early Grey, 8 Waved Umber - site March record, 5 March Moth, 

2 Early Thorn, 2 Dotted Border, 2 Clouded Drab, 1 Oak Beauty, 7 Double-striped Pug

Micros -

7 Water-dropwort Brown, 5 Agonopterix heracliana, 1 LBAM, 

1 Agonopterix yeatiana 

Plenty of new moth photos added

FRI 20 MARCH

much cooler, dry, clear sky, calm .Traps on 18.45 - o/night 

total of 47 moths of 10 sp

Macros-

16 Hebrew Charactere, 12 Common Quaker, 2 Small Quaker,

9 Early Grey, 2 Pale Pinion, 2 Angle Shades, 1 dotted Border, 1 Early Thorn, 1 Oak Beauty, 1 Chestnut

Photos added 

THURS 19 MARCH

Clear sky, dry, E wind calmed down after 22.00, v good o/night

Total of 55 moths of 11 sp

Singles of - Dotted Border, Oak Beauty, Angle Shades, Early Thorn, Dark Chestnut, Small Quaker, Clouded Drab, 22 Common Quaker, 15 Hebrew Character, 10 Early Grey 

Micros- 1 Agononopterix heracliana 

Photos added

TUES 17 MARCH

Clear sky, cool, dry with a light breeze - total of 50 moths of 14 sp, 3 NFY and 1 earliest Devon record 

NFY -

Common Wave -previous Devon earliest record was 28 March.

Waved Umber-2- , Pebble Prominent - an early record , last year 20/4

Macros - 

14 Hebrew Character, 12 Common Quaker, 5 March Moth, 6 Early

Grey, 1 Oak Beauty, 1 Dotted Border, 1 Pale Pinion 

Micros-

3 Agonopterix heracliana-agg , 1 Agonopterix yeatiana, 1 Water-dropwort Brown 

New photos added

MON 16 MARCH 

Poor catch only13 moths of 3 sp

7 Common Quaker, 4 Hebrew Character, 2 Early Grey

SAT 14 MARCH

Traps on 18.30-o/night, unattended . Cold , light breeze, clear sky, dry . Total of 35 moths of just 7 sp-all macros 

14 Hebrew Character, 8 Early Grey, 7 Common Quaker, 1 Small Quaker, 2 March Moth , 1 Red Chestnut, 1 Clouded Drab

WED 11. MARCH

Very windy, cool, clear sky - lights off at 22.00 due to forecast of o/night gales

Only 8 moths of 4sp

3 Common Quaker, 2 Hebrew Character, 

2 Agonopterix heracliana, 1 Water-dropwort Brown 

Unlikely to be ytrapping until next Monday

Mon 9 March 

Traps on 18.40- o/night , Shower early evening, cool, light breeze,

clear sky o/night .

Total of 74 moths of 14 sp, 1 NFY- 59 macros 

NFY- 2 Small Quaker 

Macros - 23 Common Quaker, 16 Hebrew Character, 10 Early Grey-

record day count, 2 Clouded Drab, 1 march Moth, 1 Early Thorn, 

1 Angle Shades, 1 Red Chestnut, 1 Pale Pinion, 1 Dotted Border

Micros -

13 Water-dropwort Brown, 1 Depressaria radiella, 1 Agonopterix heracliana-agg

Photos added

SUN 8 March 

Traps on at 18.40- 22.15, foggy, wet with a light SE breeze.

Just 14 moths of 8sp, 1 NFY

NFY - 1 Angle Shades 

Macros - 

2 Oak Beauty ( having a good year ), 5 Common Quaker, 1 Hebrew Character, 1 Red Chestnut, 1 Eaarly Grey

Macros -

2 Water-dropwort Brown , 1 Agonopterix heracliana -agg 

Photos added

FRI 6 MARCH 

Traps on at 18.40 - cool, cloudy, calm & dry conditions - only 4 pots

by 22.15 , risk o/night of 29 moths of 8 sp, only 1 micro

Possible migrant - Pearly Undertaking

Macros - 11 Common Quaker, 8 Hebrew Character, 1 Red Chestnut, 

3 Early Grey, 2 Early Thorn, 1 Oak Beauty

Micro- 1 Water-Dropwort Brown

Photos added

WED 4 MARCH-

Clear sky, cooler, dry & calm . Traps on 18.45-o/night , total of 52 moths of 14sp, 5 NFY, 32 macros ( good o/night )

NFY- Clouded Drab, Pale Pinion, V-Pug, Red-green Carpet, LBAM 

Macros -

11 Common Quaker, 10 Hebrew Character, 3 Twin-spotted Quaker, 

Dotted Border, Oak Beauty, 2 EarlyThorn 

Micros -

14 Water-dropwort Brown, 4 Agonopterix heracliana -agg, Eudonia angustea 

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TUES 3 March

Traps on 18.30-o/night , Clear sky, calm, dry & mild . Best night of the year with 52 moths of 14sp, 5 NFY, , possible migrants , 19 macros 

NFY- -1 March Moth, 1 Twin-spotted Quaker, 1 Herald, 1 Eudonia angustea, 1 Pearly Underwing -possible migrant 

Macros -

4 Double-striped Pug, 1 Dotted Border, 1 Early Thorn, 3 Common Quaker, 2 Early Grey, 4 Hebrew Character

Micros - 27 Water-dropwort Brown, 4 Agonopterix heracliana, 1 Agonopterix yeatiana

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Mon 2 March 

Traps on 18.30- o/night- mild , parke cloudy, calm , light drizzle early am

53 Moths of 8 sp , 1 NFY 

NFY - Dotted Border, 

Macros - 6 Hebrew Character, 1 Early Thorn, 1 Early Grey, 

2 Double-striped Pug 

Micros - 

35 Water-dropwort Brown , 5 Agonopterix heracliana -agg, 

2 Depressaria radiella

WED 25 FEB 

Cloudy, dry , stiff breeze S/SE, mild . Was not as good as anticipated - very little after 22.00. Total of 75 moths of just 8 sp

NFY -Depressaria radiella 

Macros -

3 Early Thorn, Oak Beauty, Early Grey, Common Quaker, 

Micros -

65 Water-dropwort Brown, 2 Agonopterix heracliana-agg, 

Agonopterix yeatiana 

TUESDAY 24 FEB 

Clear sky, highly S/SE breeze, dry , 8/9 degrees.

Big improvement with traps on from 18.00- 22.30 and 0/night 

Total of 64 moths of 11 sp

NFY -3 Oak Beauty, 3 Dark Chestnut, 1 Chestnut, 1 Red Chestnut, 3 Hebrew Character, 2 Early Thorn, 

Also- 

2 Early Grey, 3 Common Quaker, Double-striped Pug

Micros -

37 Water-dropwort Brown, 8 Agonopterix heracliana-agg

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Thursday 19 FEB 

Cool, wet with a light breeze , traps on 18.00-22.00 mostly unattended. 8 Moths of 4 sp -2 NFY

NFY- Common Quaker, Double-striped Pug 

Also- 4 Water-dropwort Brown , 2 Agonopterix heracliana/ cilella

Quaker was inside a trap!

FRI 13 FEB 

Cold & windy-NE 4/5. Lights on 18.00-21.45

13 of 4 sp

NFY- Early Grey, Dep. Daucella-6, Agon. yeatiana 1

Agon. Heracliana/ ciliella -6

6 FEB 

NFY - 2 Agonopterix heracliana/ ciliella

21 Jan & 22 Jan 

5 Winter Moth , 2 December Moth , next day 4 Winter Moth

MON 12 JAN 2026 

First rap of the year , mild but very wet o/night .

Only 2 moths of 2 species -

1 Winter Moth . 1 Large Yellow Underwing - probably hibernating 

Need drier weather before next trap