Author Archives: Brian

Getting the weather forecast right

Keith joined me last night on one of my woodland sites. We were a bit uncertain as to how things would turn out as one weather forecast predicted rain to arrive at 8pm, another said 12 midnight. As it turned … Continue reading

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Adela cuprella – new site

I have scanned the sallows recent years for Adela cuprella on the Suffolk Wildlife Trust site at Lound Lakes without success. But today I found some in the warm spring sunshine, 6 flying above one clump and 10 over another. … Continue reading

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Good results from the actinics

This evening (Friday) I joined Keith to run our lights at Neb Carr, Flixton on the Somerleyton estate. Neb Carr contains a good number of mature aspens with plenty of evidence of Hornet Moth exit holes at the base of … Continue reading

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Monk’s Hole Tuesday evening

(This is Keith’s blog, he is having problems signing in at the moment) Brian joined me for this night on the Somerleyton Estate at St Olaves. It was my first use of the moth traps in 2015 so unsurprisingly all … Continue reading

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Adela and a bonus

After dropping my wife off at the local Asda I took the opportunity to check the sallows at the rear of the building on the bank of Breydon Water to see if Adela cuprella was on the wing. This is … Continue reading

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Another large catch of Orthosias

The forecast for Friday evening was for the temperature to hold up around 7 deg. By the time I’d set the traps up at Gillingham Thicks it had already fallen to 5 deg. so I wasn’t expecting very much to … Continue reading

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Trapping amongst the Aspen

One of the woodland areas I am recording for the first time this year has a substantial plantation of mature and very large aspens. I have been hoping for an opportunity to find out if Lead-coloured Drab is present. This … Continue reading

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Dodging the cool breeze

This persistent cool NE breeze off the sea has kept the moth traps in the shed for a week. Last night with the thick cloud and a slight fall in its strength I thought it worth a try, choosing a … Continue reading

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Signs of better year for Small Quaker!

Thursday evening produced a good number of moths in spite of the cool breeze. With Yellow Horned in mind, I concentrated on an area of woodland containing a lot of birch. Several came to each trap with a total of … Continue reading

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Promising new site

I set up a couple of actinic traps yesterday evening in a new and very large area of woodland that I have been asked to survey this year, not expecting very much as although conditions were calm, the temperature was … Continue reading

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