The first half of April was unseasonably cold with all the lakes at Attenborough reserve frozen over.
Things started warming up towards the end of the month and the reserve was suddenly inundated with spring migrants which all appeared to turn up at once. Common Whitethroats were abundant in the bramble scrub.
With the temperatures warming up, it was finally worthwhile putting the moth trap out in my garden again...
Both Streamer and Shoulder Stripe are species that were new to my garden list. The violet tinge to the forewings of the Streamer indicate that this was a freshly emerged individual.
Clouded Drab, along with its cogeners Common Quaker and Hebrew Character, are common in the early spring.
Micromoths caught in the trap included the bird-dropping mimic Agonopterix alstromeriana.
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