Things still haven't really got going in my garden yet. Just 9 moths of 7 species. Mottled Rustic new for the year plus 2 Light Emeralds. Here's a newly emerged Scarce Chaser at Westbere the other day.

Scarce Chaser

A warm night with a min. of 13c. There were 14 moths of 10 species. New for the year were Light Emerald and May Highflyer.

Light Emerald

Just 12 moths of 8 species this morning.The best was a Pale Tussock-new for this year. Unfortunately it warmed up too quickly so I gave up on photographing it. Here's a Holly Blue taken at Westbere today.

Holly Blue

A low of 10c last night: 13 moths of 9 species, the best being the 1st Spruce Carpet of the year.

Spruce Carpet

A low of 13.5c produced a rather disappointing catch this morning of just 14 moths of 6 species. Only record of interest was the first Garden Carpet of the year. Below is my 1st Grizzled Skipper for 11 years seen at Dunge yesterday. It could have been a better specimen!

Grizzled Skipper

13 moths of 7 species this morning. The best being my 3rd garden record of Chocolate-tip. Also the 1st Heart & Dart and Common  Pug of the year. Agonopterix arenella was also new for the year. At Dungeness today managed to see my 1st Grizzled Skipper for 11 years. Several Hairy Dragonflies were also around at Dunge.

Chocolate-tip

Hairy Dragonfly

A warmer night again with a low of 13c. Eight species plus a very worn pug in the trap. Firsts for the year were Brimstone, Small Phoenix, Common Swift & Brown House-moth. Also, 1 Bee Moth, 2 Shuttle-shaped Darts, 1 LBAM & a Clouded Drab. 

Small Phoenix