On Tuesday nights we set two moth traps here at Titchwell in preparation for our FREE Marvelous Moth mornings on Wednesday between 10am -12pm. After a few quiet weeks because of the sea fog a decent number were in the trap this morning. 

Moth

Number

Small Magpie

3

Silver-ground carpet

3

Grass Carpet

2

May Highflier

3

Light Emerald

5

Turnip

10

Angle Shades

1

Setaceous Hebrew Character

7

Buff Ermine

5

Straw Dot

1

Clouded-bored Brindle

3

Common Marbled Carpet

4

Eyed Hawkmoth

1

White Ermine

4

Pale Oak Beauty

1

Common Wave

2

Scrobipala lostella

1

Poplar Hawkmoth

1

Clouded Silver

1

Common White Wave

1

Marbled Minor agg.

2

Common Swift

4

Clouded border

1

Shuttle-shaped dart

1

Small Seraphim

1

Spectacle

1

Common Wainscot

1

Dark Arches

1

Pinion-streaked snouth

1

Mottled Pug

1

Light Brown Apple Moth

1

Cyclamen Tortrix

1

Agnopterix ocellana

1

 

Poplar Hawkmoth and Eyed Hawkmoth 

Marvelous moths run every Wednesday throughout the summer.