My numbers refer to the first picture btw.

I hate pugs too!
My extremely amateur take is that you are right about 1,3 and 4. Never seen No. 2, so don't feel qualified to comment.

I think the answer is yes, but footmen are a bit of a headache for me too, and I get loads of them. BTW, I haven't worked out how to see other replies on Bluesky, so everyone else might have said the same thing.
Colin

Scottish Pearl? Never seen one, being about as far south of you as it's possible to get without getting wet.
Colin

Hi Jess,
It's difficult from a small photo, but I would say it's a Rufous Tortrix.
Colin

Nice, and useful, pair of pics Phil, annoyingly however, as I can confirm from this morning's traps, neither of them always look exactly like your photos!

I live in VC14 (East Sussex), just. I do most of my recording though in VC13 (West Sussex). To find them on your map, head south from London until you get wet.

I remember the first exoplanet discovery, incredible that we have got so far in such a short time.

Hi Steve, you've got me thinking. I held that one back to photo because I thought it looked the freshest, but maybe that's because it was different. Are those "fine black streaks or wedges projecting inwards from the outer crossline" (Waring & Townsend) diagnostic of Brindled?

He died in 2006, I doubt he ever saw a frothy cappuccino😀

I trap near a lake and have a similar problem. It's interesting the effect water has, even the trees are later to budburst.