I accept moths may not be everyone’s cup of tea but…they are an excellent indicator of a healthy environment and biodiversity.
Therefore the more moth species at a site the more evidence you have if you ever needed to fight to save a site.
So myself and my son-law took the moth trap to Raw Nook LNR as well as a very sugary solution which is mixed with red wine etc to paste on various trees and catching net.
We stayed till about 1.30 am and whilst not finding any uncommon species or any new species for our whole recording area I identified 37 species of which 12 were new species for the reserve. These additional 12 new species brings the total for the site to 166.
The total of moth species recorded for our area of Caldene fields, Raw Nook LNR and Toad Holes Beck is 471 species
