Moths that burn, blush and... look like twigs

Getting out of bed not long after dawn is tiring. But I'm really enjoying going through the contents of the moth trap (I leave the bulb on overnight and get up early before the moths start flying away). I never quite know what's going to be in there...

My first-ever Chocolate-tip

The Herald

Eyed Hawkmoth

Burnished Brass

Maiden's Blush

Scorched Wing

Buff-tip

Treble Lines is making a bid for top spot, with 26 trapped overnight.

also

• Angle Shades
• Buff-tip
• Burnished Brass
• Chocolate-tip
• Cinnabar
• Common Carpet
• Common Swift, 6
• Cream-bordered Green Pea (no photo, sorry)
• Eyed Hawkmoth, 2
• Figure of 80
• Flame Shoulder
• Green Carpet
• Heart & Dart
• Herald
• Large Nutmeg
• Lesser Swallow Prominent
• Light Brocade, 11
• Light Emerald
• Maiden's Blush
• Oak Hook-tip
• Orange Footman, 6
• Pale Oak Beauty
• Pale Prominent
• Pale Tussock
• Pebble Hook-tip
• Poplar Hawkmoth, 7
• Scorched Wing
• Setaceous Hebrew Character
• Shuttle-shaped Dart
• Silver Y, 5
• Spectacle
• White Ermine
• Willow Beauty

Yawn...

Maiden's Blush

Not the best moth night ever - probably too windy and cold - with a catch of 86 moths of 20 species.

I am still getting worried about Square-spot Rustics (wondering if I am identifying them correctly), as they seem to be so variable. Some are really nicely marked, and others rather dull. They all seem to have gold-coloured eye/kidney markings though. Or I think they do...

Maiden's Blush was a garden tick, and quite nice. She's in the fridge waiting for a photo. Light Emerald was one of the prettier ones.

Moth list, if you want it...