After a long winter, the recent lift in temperatures has finally brought the first real signs that the moth season is getting underway. With milder nights forecast this week, I headed out for a couple of trapping sessions in Cheshire at Delamere Forest and Hob Hey Wood in Frodsham.
Both sites are excellent habitats for moths. Delamere Forest, with its mixture of conifer plantations, deciduous woodland and Hob Hey Wood, although smaller, is a lovely patch of woodland.
Below are some of the moths recorded during the sessions.
Satellite-Delamere Forest
Engrailed-Frodsham
Clouded Drab-Frodsham
Twin-Spotted Quaker-Frodsham
Hebrew Character-Frodsham
Common Quaker-Frodsham
Twin-Spotted Quaker and Small Quaker-Frodsham
Dotted Border-Delamere Forest
March Moth-Delamere Forest