29th June 2010 - Goat Moth

On 23^rd June, thanks to Jane Bowman, the author became familiar with the smell and signs of larval feeding in Goat Moth-infected birches in Glen Moriston. Armed with this information, on 29^th June he returned to Gartfairn Wood at the south-eastern corner of Loch Lomond where there is anecdotal historical evidence for the species. An oak tree was located which is probably infected but this remains to be proven.