Field Trip - Basil's Park/Bramfield Woods - 30/04/19 - Hertfordshire

On the very last night of April, we decided to descend once again on Basil's Park here in Hertfordshire.
We are averaging one trip per week at the moment, which is giving us a broad range of species each time we visit.
We have also tried various areas of the rather large wooded areas, and Tuesday night was no different.

Trevor and Bill set up lights in the North, and North-West of the site, I myself had positioned 2 of my traps to the far East of the reserve over-looking a clearing currently showered with beautiful Bluebells, and then another two lights along the central ride.

The day had been fairly mild and peaked at around 17 degrees and was also nice and cloudy, and then the mothing gods cracked an evil smile and the clouds disappeared.
Upon finishing setting the last traps up, we could see our breathe in the torch lights, never a good sign before any moths arrive! 
It felt chilly, but we perservered and would give it until around midnight.

By 11pm it was freezing, the car read 7c, so we decided to pack up.

My spirit was further dampened by driving my car over a rather large mound and ripping the end off the under-tray, underneath my bonnet! Luckily it has survived to see another day.

By leaving time at quarter to midnight, it was now 5c.

Nevertheless, the hardy 3 of us recorded now less than 36 species of moth over 3 hours, although most were singletons, I didn't really expect to get north of 20 species during bracing conditions.

Below is the full list.

27 Macro and 9 Micro species recorded.

Total : 36 species 

11 species were added to the site list which now stands at 88 species over 3 trips.

Catch Report - 30/04/19 - Hertfordshire - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap, 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x twin 20w Wemite Actinic & 40w Actinic Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 4 extra traps provided by Trevor and Bill

Macro Moths

Brimstone Moth 2
Brindled Pug 5
Chocolate-tip 1
Clouded Border 1
Common Carpet 1
Common Quaker 5
Dwarf Pug 6
Early Grey 1
Frosted Green 1
Least Black Arches 2
Lesser Swallow Prominent 1
Lobster Moth 1
Lunar Marbled Brown 3
Maiden's Blush 1
Nut-tree Tussock 15
Oak Nycteoline 1
Oak-tree Pug 5
Ochreous Pug 1
Pale Oak Beauty 1
Pale Tussock 2
Pebble Prominent 2 
Poplar Lutestring 1
Red-green Carpet 2
Scalloped Hazel 1
Seraphim 2
Spruce Carpet 3
Waved Umber 1

Micro Moths

Adela reamurella 5
Elachista rufocinerea 1
Epinotia immundana 1
Esperia sulphurella 2
Nematopogon swammerdamella 2
Parornix sp 1
Phyllonorycter corylifoliella 1
Phyllonorycter harrisella 1
Syndemis musculana 6

Elachista rufocinerea

Epinotia immundana

Maiden's Blush

Oak Nycteoline

Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

Poplar Lutestring

Seraphim