Hendre moth night, Saturday 10th October. In association with Butterfly Conservation, supprted by Y Senedd and PNP Local Places for Nature Fund.

 A rather chilly night with occasional showers for the last evening event of the year resulted in just Simon Spencer and myself, we hardcore few, spending the first half of the night recording moths at this interesting site.

In the end, it proved to be only the hardier, expected moth species for this type of habitat that we recorded from the traps. A warmer night perhaps may have been different. November Moth agg. and Spruce Carpet were abundant, with good numbers of Pink-barred Sallow and Red-green Carpet.

Pink-barred Sallow. PMG.

Red-green Carpet. PMG

Again, the new LepiLED provided amusement (gradually getting used to it!), illuminating the forest in radiant colours from its UV bulb.

Who needs the Aurora Borealis 

when you have LepiLED!? PMG

Alas! No Autumnal Green Carpet, (target species, I am sure they are there) or interesting migrant species were recorded.

Chestnut and a nice Mottled Umber were the last species recorded as the very last trap was closed down just before 2am.

Chestnut. PMG.

Mottled Umber. PMG

13 macro species were recorded from 3 actinic, 2 MV and 1 LepiLED trap. The full species list is available HERE.

It just remains to say, a very big thank you to everyone who has been involved in the 2026 evening and daytime events programme, whether helping with funding, organising, hosting, running, attending or even just reading these blog reports. Your contributions/efforts are very much appreciated and do not go unnoticed.

We would particularly like to thank Butterfly Conservation for their continued support with insuring our events and also Y Senedd and Powys Nature Partnership for their financial support in the form of Local Places for Nature grants. These have been a great success in not only refreshing and adding to our equipment inventory, thus enhancing our daytime and evening event outreach capabilities but also increasing the number of moth recorders in the county which is brilliant.

We look forward over winter to preparing the events programme for 2027 and meeting you at some of the events.

Please do get in touch with the group via the facebook page or contacts below if you are interested in hosting or running a moth morning or evening event. We can help with all aspects of assistance.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Phil McGregor philmcg74@gmail.com & Simon Spencer cerisyi@btinternet.com

Co-organisers of Montgomeryshire Moth Group.

Upcoming public moth-ing event at Hendre, nr Pont Llogel. Saturday 10th October 2026.

Hello all,

This is a reminder for our last public evening moth event for 2026, to be held on Saturday 10th October.

This will be our second visit to Hendre (first visit August 2024). At 220m altitude, on the far eastern edge of the Dyfnant Forest, the site is largely a mix of mature Conifer, Sallow and Oak with good wildflower populations along the rides and access tracks. 

"Hendre" event location. PMG

60 moth species were recorded from the previous session despite a cold night. The target species for this event is Autumn Green Carpet. This year has been been very good for migrant species so we may get some surprises!

The location is off the B4395, turning down a lane*** in between two houses (SJ029148) approximately 1 1/2km south of Pont Llogel.  Around 1km along this lane on the right is a stone surfaced track with "Hendre" parking sign at the entrance. Follow this track to its end. 

*** THIS LANE IS CURRENTLY SIGNED AS "CLOSED". THE CLOSURE IS BEYOND THE TURNING FOR THE PARKING. A SIGNED DIVERSION IS IN PLACE FOR TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE LLANWDDYN DIRECTION***

The event location is at SJ02951516. w3w// milkman.plod.inhales

Traps will be switched on around 7.15pm. Most traps will be accessible along the track side.

There is a shelter should the weather prove challenging. Please wear appropriate footwear and warm clothing for an autumn event. A head or hand torch are essential. There are no facilities so self-sufficiency is recommended. Insect repellant is advised. Please bring a seat if you require use of one.

If the session is cancelled, it will be notified via a post on the MMG website blog and facebook page so please refer to these before setting out.

For what it is worth, the long-range forecast currently looks changeable so please do check this website or facebook page beforehand.

Hopefully see some of you there.

Many thanks,

Phil.

Rare moth recorded for first time in north Wales reported in Nation.Cymru 1/10/2026.

This is a news article reporting on the discovery of a micro moth Crambus Silvella (Bog Grass Moth) at Cors Geirch National Nature Reserve on the Llŷn peninsula.

https://nation.cymru/news/rare-moth-recorded-for-first-time-in-north-wales/

For your interest, according to Aderyn there are only 12 other records of this moth in Wales, all of which are within a single square kilometre of the Dyfi estuary at Cors Fochno (Borth Bog) and the Dyfi National Nature Reserve.

Phil.