Tuesday 27th March...

6 degree min. A nice light phase Water Carpet the highlight, my other two were dark ones.

Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 2
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 2
1746 Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata) 1
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1
1775 Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) 2
2139 Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa) 5
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 1
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 4
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 6
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 4
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 1
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 19
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 1

49 moths of 13sp

Wednesday 28th March...

6 degrees min but much milder early on due to some light cloud cover. Highlight was my 4th and earliest Pale Pinion.

Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 2
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 7
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1
1750 Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata) 1
1775 Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) 1
2139 Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa) 5
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 12
2186 Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 3
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 8
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 2
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 46
2236 Pale Pinion (Lithophane hepatica) 1 NFY
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 2

92 moths of 14 sp.

A new Mottled Grey image, outside the pot...

Pale Pinion.

Mottled Grey from 2011, no time for pics in daylight due to work.

6 degree min, with a record count, for me, of Mottled Greys...The largest catch of the year so far but the species list was down.

Taxa
1775 Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) 5 NFY
2139 Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa) 5
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 5
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 6
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 48
2243 Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) 2

72 moths of 7 sp

Early Tooth-striped? NO!

Its a Mottled Grey, as I first guessed. Pays to stick with first impressions... 

A mild night with a low of 8 degrees. Calm and cloudy, the good March run continues...

Taxa
0663 Diurnea fagella 1
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 4
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 6
1775 Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria) 2 NOT Early Tooth striped as recorded. I should have stayed with my first guess...Its still new to me though...
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 2
2179 Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) 2
2182 Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) 1
2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 43
2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 16
2189 Twin-spotted Quaker (Orthosia munda) 3
2190 Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica) 63
2258 Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) 3

146 of 12 species.

At first I thought the Early Tooth-striped were Mottled Greys, as I have never seen either before, but the photos seem to point to ETS. Please let me know if you think I am mistaken. The guides say they are easy to identify but not without experience of both...

[Thanks to Tom, Keith, Ben, Roger et al for their help]