We've reached the end of another month so I thought I'd take stock. Last year was my best ever for the number of moth species in the trap, and by the end of July 2017 I had reached 311 species. However, this year I've now already reached 327, thanks no doubt to the warm spell in April and the recent heatwave. Recently the migrant tortrix Cydia amplana was new for the garden and another tortrix Epinotia nisella was first record for 9 years. At Oare Marshes KWT Reserve the Southern Migrant Hawkers continue to show well along the track to the west hide.

  Southern Migrant Hawker

 Cydia amplana

  

Epinotia nisella