Comments on: Bawdsey in September

By: Raymond Watson

Raymond Watson — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:57:37 +0000

yes

By: jonc

jonc — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:00:02 +0000

Incredible! Any houses for sale in the Shingle Street area!

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:40:35 +0000

These totals of moths the guys on the coast are getting at present are absolutely incredible. I would class myself as in a pretty good trapping area but I’m only averaging around 35 species a night. Not large quantities of moths caught either. Last night despite the warm conditions I only had 21sp! Did include a Four-spotted footman though so wasn’t all bad. Just being that little bit further inland certainly seems to make a difference. Be interesting to hear how other recorders further inland are getting on.
I’m not seeing any of the regular autumnal moths here either that others are getting for some strange reason. Something weird seems to be going on in my local area!
Matthew’s count of orbona is impressive too. This is a moth that breeds on the site here, but I’ve only caught 2 so far!

By: Matthew Deans

Matthew Deans — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:05:04 +0000

Yes, around 90 species for a single night. The Suffolk coast really comes into its own in the autumn. I expect good catches right through until end of October and into early November. Conversely, the spring is always really poor here.

By: jonc

jonc — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:16:25 +0000

Wow Matthew, you actually mean 90 species per night, that is incredible for this time of year…..