Last Friday saw our moth trapping event at Fen Drayton Lakes. When I arrived at the office at 3pm to grey skies and rain, I was very concerned that the night would be a total washout! Luckily for us, the skies cleared and we had a pretty successful night. After a slow start we managed to trap 21 moths and 11 different species:
Green Carpet (3)Setacious hebrew character (3)Burnished brassGothic (5)Orange swiftStout dartFlame shoulder (2)Large yellow underwing (2)Sqaure spot rusticLittle emeraldAnd either schoenobius gigantella or Donacula forficella (both straw coloured moths)
The clouds cleared so much that we had fantastic views of the stars - we even saw Mars and the Milky Way! If you are interested in astronomy, have a look at our Astronomy Night event on the website. This will be taking place on Friday 4 November.
Thanks very much to Luke for running our moth trap and thanks to everyone that came along.