Good numbers at Dingestow

The warm night of 1st July produced the largest catch of moths I have had at Dingestow since the early 2000s: 400+ individuals of 128 species.  Among the 76 species of Macro were Dingestow's 2nd Double Dart (photo) (last seen here in 2001) and 2nd Round-winged Muslin (added in 2017), along with 10 Leopard Moth, 3 Small Blood-vein (photo), 2 Treble Brown-spot, 2 Small Yellow Wave, 1 Fern and 1 Small Dotted Buff.  Highlights among 52 species of Micro 1 Acleris hastiana (photo) (2nd record), 1 Pammene albuginana (photo) (2nd record), 1 Limnaecia phragmitella (photo) and 1 Batia lunaris (photo).  It is heartening to see significant numbers of common species too: 100+ Heart & Dart, 100+ Chrysoteuchia culmella, 30 Common Footman and plenty of others in double figures.