Staunton Harold Reservoir

Thanks to my wonderful wife I got to spend 3 hours trapping at Staunton Harold reservoir this evening from 8:30pm to 11:30pm, I took the 'Skinner' trap with the 160w MBT all powered very nicely by the generator I got from eBay recently which ran surprisingly well.

Not a lot of moths actually went into the trap they mainly landed on or around the sheet but I did manage to pick off quite a few for identification, apart from the few I kept in order to get their photo I let everything else out of the trap before I left so I don't end up confusing things by finding them in my garden tomorrow night.

Species noted at/in the trap were...

Large Yellow Underwing

Lesser Yellow Underwing

Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing

Riband Wave

Dun-Bar

Flame Shoulder

Lempke's Gold Spot

Copper Underwing

Canary Shouldered Thorn

Yellow Shell

Brimstone

Light Arches

Sallow Kitten

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Square Spot Rustic

Common Rustic

Common Wainscot

Common Carpet

Sandy Carpet *

Flame Carpet *

Dark Marbled Carpet

Iron Prominent

Pale Eggar(see photo above) *

Lesser Swallow Prominent(see photo above) *

Dusty or Satin Wave?(see photo above) *

Brown China Mark(see photo above) *

* = Never seen in my garden

Staunton Harold is only approximately 6 miles from my home so I wasn't too surprised to find many of the species I usually get in my garden there but it's a beautiful place and it was a beautiful warm evening so it sure beat sitting in watching TV.

I must just say a big thanks to Wayne Ball from Severn Trent water for giving me all the necessary info and even coming along to say hello....thanks Wayne!! :0), if anyone is in the area they are having a special event at Foremark Reservoir for National Moth Night on September 19th for more info you can contact Wayne at wayne.ball@severntrent.co.uk