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In terms of species recorded, the Top 20 in terms of abundance were....

1. Large Yellow Underwing (3420)

2. Dark Arches (2873)

3. Shuttle-shaped Dart (1607)

4. Setaceous Hebrew Character (1379)

5. Heart And Dart (1341)

6. The Uncertain (1283)

7. Common Rustic agg. (1122)

8. Double Square-spot (1062)

9. Dot Moth (767)

10. Willow Beauty (728)

11. Large Nutmeg (715)

12. Lesser Yellow Underwing (640)

13. Chrystoeuchia culmella (527)

14. Common Footman (448)

15. Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (407)

16, Square-spot Rustic (365)

17. Silver Y (364)

18. Flounced Rustic (358)

19. Riband Wave (343)

20. Buff Ermine (334)

Most abundant moth species 2009 - 2015

So perhaps its no surprise that Large Yellow Underwing comes out top. Somewhat insane that I've counted 3420 of the critters over the years. That's a significant amount of bat food.

All the top 9 are noctuids until we get to Willow Beauty at #10. A single micro, the crambid C.culmella sneaks in at #13. This species would have course be a lot higher if I'd bothered recording them before 2013. 

If we look at records of each species rather than abundance:

Moth records 2009 - 2015

So good old Large YU comes out on top again (recorded on 232 occasions!)  but things elsewhere are a bit different. Willow Beauty jumps to #2, while Garden Carpet is a new entry at #5, while a few other geometers are present (Brimstone, Riband Wave, Double-striped Pug). 

For what its worth here's the top 10 micros, which are dominated by 3 abundant crambids, followed by the increasingly ubiquitous Light Brown Apple Moth: