Whilst carrying out routine monitoring of the moths around the reserve, a small moth, a Crambidae, one the families of micro moths was present in the trap near the lagoon north of the car park. Being well familiar with the species from working my previous reserve, where it was common I was positive about its identification, so did not realise the significance of the find at that point. however as I had moved to a completely different part of the country I decided to research it a little and looked at National Biodiversity Network (NBN - one of the largest database of UK wildlife) maps and discovered they had only three records on their database for Scotland. I then submitted the record (with photo) to the irecord scheme and it was confirmed as a first for Dumfries and Galloway.
The Warden, RSPB Crook of Baldoon