Another warm(ish) night at around 12-13 deg C untill dawn when it fell to about 9 deg C. Mainly cloudy with a gently SW breeze. (details from Langdon Bay Weather station which is about a mile away). A red letter catch with a new species for the site and for me. Also the most moths and species I've caught on a March night.
| Code | Taxon | Vernacular | Individuals | |
| 688 | Agonopterix heracliana | 1 | ||
| 697 | Agonopterix arenella | 1 | ||
| 1288 | Alucita hexadactyla | Twenty-plume Moth | 2 | |
| 1497 | Amblyptilia acanthadactyla | 1 | ||
| 1663 | Alsophila aescularia | March Moth | 1 | |
| 1746 | Anticlea badiata | Shoulder Stripe | 1 | |
| 1917 | Selenia dentaria | Early Thorn | 3 | |
| 2182 | Orthosia cruda | Small Quaker | 12 | |
| 2187 | Orthosia cerasi | Common Quaker | 33 | |
| 2188 | Orthosia incerta | Clouded Drab | 4 | |
| 2190 | Orthosia gothica | Hebrew Character | 19 | |
| 2243 | Xylocampa areola | Early Grey | 1 | |
| 2260 | Conistra rubiginea | Dotted Chestnut | 1 | NFS |
Dotted Chestnut (Conistra rubiginea)
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