Over the past few nights some late and highly unseasonal moths have appeared at the Bawdsey illuminations.
Still catching this weekend the pyrales culmella, straminella, tristella, geniculea, aurata, despicata and forficalis.
Amongst the geos were Common Emerald, Single-dotted Wave and Engrailed. Dingy Footman still appearing and I was astonished to see fresh specimens of Coxcomb and Swallow Prominents! Two Bright-line Brown-eye this morning and a dagger species (probably grey) was also a distraction from the hordes of pronuba and xanthographa.
A few immigrants still arriving Pearly Underwing – first of the year – last night (purplish form) a few Dark Sword-grass, Latticed Heath, lots of gamma and trickle of xylostella, noctuella, ferrugalis and amplana.
First Red Underwing, Bulrush Wainscot and the Sallow over the past few nights too.
I’m keen to hear about your unseasonal catches too.