As you may well know a lot of species groups and especially moths are recorded by the Watsonian Victorian vice-counties created by H.C.Watson in 1852. Under this system Bedfordshire is classified as VC30 and the boundary of this is roughly the same as that of the administrative county of Bedfordshire with a few exceptions listed below:-
In VC30 but not Bedfordshire administrative - Eaton Socon (Cambs.), Holwell (Herts.), Humbershoe & Buckwood (Herts.), Tilbrook (Cambs.), part of Wymington (Northants.), part of Astwood (Northants.)
In Bedfordshire administrative but not VC30 - Farndish (VC32), Woodbury (VC29), Kensworth & part of Caddington - now including a large part of Dunstable (VC20), part of Studham (VC20), Linslade (VC24) & Wavendon Heath (VC24)
All the above may have confused you but the important way of sorting this out is by submitting the Ordnance Survey grid reference of the site you found the moth to at least a 1km square if possible.
Individual or small numbers of records can be sent by post or email to the recorders and they will be happy to answer any identification queries you may have by phone or email. Recording spreadsheets for macro-moths can be supplied by email and paper sheets are also available. If you find a rare species please try and contact the recorders as soon as possible so that the moth can be viewed and the identification checked.
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