National Moth Night this year is Saturday 7th June 2008.  For further details follow www.nationalmothnight.info

Local events:

An evening at Bournemouth Natural Science Society, 39, Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, on Saturday 7th. June.  Setting up traps from 20.30 and running all night with an inspection of traps and other activities (?) at 09.30 on Sunday.

Investigate a number of traps and wine ropes placed around the Kingcombe Centre and nearby Nature Reserve, whilst contributing to the National Survey 9pm to midnight Saturday night. Fee £5 per Adult and £2.50 per child this also includes refreshments and a bacon sandwich on the Sunday at midday.  Sunday morning, 9 am to midday, we will check the traps and see what we caught. Fee £5 per Adult and £2.50 per child this also includes refreshments and a bacon sandwich.
Meet at The Kingcombe Centre cap park, please drive carefully on the lanes approaching the Centre and please only park in our car park. There is disabled access to most of the traps and we have an electric tramper if needed which can be booked. The Centre can be accessed from A356 Maiden Newton to Crewkerne.  Please book for this event.

Organiser:Adrian Goodhand, Tel number: 03100 320684, email: office@kingcombecentre.org.uk  Address:The Kingcombe Centre, Lower Kingcombe, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester. DT2 0EQ
Grid Ref SY 555991

Target species and habitat:

Each year a group of target species are selected for NMN, which are species we would like to learn more about, either because they are rare, declining, or perhaps even increasing in some parts of the country.  Trying to find a specific species in your area can be also fun, even if you are not successful. Whilst we hope that NMN might provide information about new sites for these species, it is also worthwhile recording at sites where the species is known to occur (particularly if you are holding a public event). So, why not have a look at the habitat requirements of this year’s target species, try to find suitable habitat in your area, and perhaps even investigate historical information to inform your search. You might just be surprised…..

For the first time in the history of National Moth Night we have also nominated a target habitat: Orchards.

National Moth Night is what you choose to make it, however, and there is no obligation to concentrate on the targets. All data is important in building the bigger picture.