SUNDAY 12th APRIL 2026

 Two poor nights last night the 11th April and tonight Sunday 12th April, on Saturday night caught two a Brindled Beauty and a Hebrew Character, tonight Sunday not much better caught 5 of 3 Species with 3 Hebrew Character a single Muslin Moth and a White Shouldered House Moth taken from Conservatory it being 14th one caught for Garden over two years.

ENDROSIS SARCITRELLA-WHITE SHOULDERED HOUSE MOTH

 Not in the trap caught on my Conservatory 12th April 2026

MUSLIN MOTH

 Only a single in trap 12th April 2026, smart looking Moth when on its back

HEBREW CHARACTER

 Slow again tonight 12th April 2026

GADWALL

 Pair still on River 6th April 2026

LESSER BLACK BACK GULL

 Over Garden 6th April 

FRIDAY 10th APRIL 2026

 Not a good night for Moth only two caught a Hebrew Character and an Epiphyas postvittana.

EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA-LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH

 Single Make to trap 10th April 2026

HEBREW CHARACTER

 Single to Trap 10th April 2026

THURSDAY 9TH APRIL 2026

 Slow night only five Moths caught of Four Species 9th April 2026. a Pammene giganteana in Bucket a single  Hebrew Character and a single Double Striped Pug and finally two smart Brindled Beauty

DOUBLE STRIPED PUG

 Single on trap 9th April 2026

HEBREW CHARACTER

 Single in trap 9th April 2026

BRINDLED BEAUTY

 Two in trap this morning, 9th April 2026

WEDNESDAY 8th APRIL 2026

 A really good night weather wise 8th April so both Traps put out one in front with a single 20w actinic and the double in the back garden, both did ok with 50 Moths caught of 21 Species, 7 new for the year with 5 of these new for Garden taking my Garden list to 297sp,  and so far this year 37sp. I put the EMP Lure out and netted 4 Emperors with a missed one so five, and 2 Pammene giganteana to FUN Lure in Bucket, new moths as follows Two Foxglove Pug, and Two Oak Tree Pug, along with a single  Herald and a stunning Waved Umber all in Back Garden then a Mompha jurassicella-Obscure Mompha in front Garden Trap. Other highlights were 3 Common Plume and 3 Beautiful Plume my second Garden Early Thorn 10 Double Striped Pugs, 2nd Streamer, and 3 Many Plumed Moth new for year, two Early Grey first of the year Diamond Back Moth-Plutella xylostella and a Brindle Beauty.

MOMPHA JURASSICELLA-OBSCURE MOMPHA

 Fifth New Species for the Night, 8th April 2026, Caught this one in New Trap in Front Garden 297th Species for Garden 

WAVED UMBER

 Fourth New Moth of the night 8th April 2026, a stunning Waved Umber

OAK TREE PUG

 Second New Pug for Garden, two Oak Tree in Trap 8th April 2026, Fourteen Pugs caught tonight of Three species

FOXGLOVE PUG

 Foxglove Pug  First Garden record of this Beautiful Pug Moth, 3 Species of Pug to the Light Trap this evening two of them New for Garden, 8th April 2026

EMPEROR MOTH

 All four Emperors i caught today, 8th April 2026, EMP Lure in front garden. Shame i missed a fifth that flew in quickly then off high.