A cooler night with 35 moths of 23 species. Nothing new for the year. Below is a Dark Green Fritillary from Lullinstone CP on Friday.

Dark Green Fritillary

Despite the overnight rain there were 51 moths of 26 species this morning. New for the year were Buff-tip, Crambus perlela, Agonopterix arenella, & Zeraphera ratzeburgiana.

Zeraphera ratzeburgiana

 Buff-tip

Well 50 moths of 27 species is more like I expect at this time of year. Highlight was a new micro for the garden list: 1202 Eucosoma obumbratana. Also the 1st Poplar Hawk-moth of the year. Made my first visit to Lullingstone CP for 13 years to see the Dark Green Fritillaries. Photos on Flickr soon.

Eucosama obumbratana

 Poplar Hawk-moth

37 moths of 25 species this morning. Quite a few micros including 2 new ones for the Garden list: The Hawthorn Moth & Gypsonoma consociana. Also new for the year were: Endotricha flammealis, The White Plume Moth, Eudonia mercurella, & Brown China-mark.

 Gypsonoma sociana

The Hawthorn Moth (Scythropia crataegella)

23 moths of 15 species this morning. New for the year were Least Carpet & Lesser Yellow Underwing.

Least Carpet

With 302 species July is easily the best month for moth species in our garden. However the poor year continues with just 12 moths of 11 species this morning. The same day last year proced 30 species. I forgot to mention that when putting the trap out on Saturday evening I found a Cream-bordered Green-pea Moth on the ivy near the trap site. This was only my 2nd record of this species in the garden and I suppose shows that something unusual can still turn up even in a poor year.  

Only 18 moths of 12 species for the last night of June but nevertheless the first new macro species for the garden list this year: Bird's Wing. Garden list now 471. Nothing else new for the year so the garden list for the year stands at 117 species compared to 161 by the end of June last year. The macros have been most affected with 75 species this year compared with 114 at thie same stage last year.

 Bird's Wing