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The area is mainly lowland arable. The garden is situated at the corner of two more or less 1 kilometer long Hawthorn hedges. Four hundred meters in the other direction is a mixed broadleaf and conifer mature woodland that follows a river valley.

I will try the all night option, I was more worried about water getting in to the trap itself. It has been so wet at nights I have not had to fill the bird bowls or bird bath for weeks. Some of my electrics and lights were for construction purposes so fully waterproof. Because of the recent wet weather I was a bit concerned about MV bulbs exploding all over the garden.

On the light pollution issue it is possibly not as good as it sounds, being in the sticks means nobody uses curtains and everbody apart from us has more than one exterior light running all the time. I did wonder about the confusion of surrounding lights causing moth chaos.

I will give all the suggestions a go and let you know how I get on.