MACRO MOTHS BNHS AGM 2011

Bedfordshire Macro-moth database

• October 2006 120206 records

• March 2011 256598 records

• In 2010 22779 records from 98 recorders

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Maulden Wood Survey

• Trapped 7 times in 2010, 11 in 2009, 1 in 2008. Plus many daytime walks mainly for leaf-miners

• Macros = 243, Micros = 254, Total = 493

• Added 15 Macro and 60 Micro spp. to the site list over 2009 & 2010

• Already trapped once in 2011

Chicksands Wood Survey

• Trapped 7 times in 2010 + daytime walks

• Macros = 186, Micros = 181, Total = 367

• Added 135 Macro and 152 Micro spp. to the site list (3 micros new to county list)

• Already trapped twice in 2011 including adding White-marked to the county list last night!

SURVEY THANKS TO -

• David Manning for assistance with micro moth id from sites and leading leaf-miner recording trips

• Others who have assisted on field meetings and sent in records

• Forestry Commission & Natural England for permissions to record on sites

OVERALL THANKS TO -

• All Beds moth-ers

• Others who have sent in records

• Rothamsted Insect Survey (Ian Woiwod & Phil Gould), Forestry Commission, Wildlife Trust, Greensand Trust, RSPB, Natural England