Author Archives: Brian

A few New Years Day moths

With the rise in temperature today and cloud cover, this evening was a good opportunity to find some January 1st moths. I took the 22w actinic to the nearby SWT reserve along with the spare car battery and set it … Continue reading

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New species found in the Waveney Valley

I had high hopes of getting a few moths during the warm evening of last Thursday. The large number of hornets in the first trap I inspected soon dashed these hopes and I contemplated packing up if the other 2 … Continue reading

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Some difficult micros from the summer

Jon Clifton has kindly checked through a few difficult micros I sent to him from the summer months. Some of the records are from sites on the Somerleyton estate VC25 where I join Keith to run our traps. We are … Continue reading

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Too many hornets for comfort.

Conditions yesterday evening were ideal, so I set out 4 traps on one of my sites hoping to get a few long awaited autumn species. Not many minutes after switching on, the hornets started to arrive. I can usually cope … Continue reading

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Prayers near Ashby church not answered!

Keith & I had our traps out yesterday evening along the tracks near Ashby church which sits in solitude surrounded by fields, hedgerows and woodland. We were praying for a few nice fresh autumn species and possibly some nice migrants, … Continue reading

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Mid-August? – more like September!

Just 46 species last night (Tuesday) on a prime site near the Waveney. Conditions were ideal with thick cloud, no wind, 15 deg. until 11.30 when the cloud cleared revealing a bright moon. But even during the 2 hours of … Continue reading

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Tuesday night – before the rain came.

I decided to give the nearby beach a try last night (Tuesday), hoping the promised rain would hold off till after midnight, which it did. For the first hour I wished I hadn’t bothered as a strong breeze from the … Continue reading

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Early V-moth on the wing

It was only recently on 29th May that I did a larval search for V-moth among the red currants on the site I monitor alongside the river Waveney. The ones I found were about half way through the larval stage, … Continue reading

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Ulpha Moths

I’ve been missing from the local scene for a week. A family holiday in the Lake District (Duddon Valley) was a good opportunity to take a couple of traps and see what was about nearby. The cottage we rented was surrounded … Continue reading

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Micros in the sunshine

I did an early evening walk round the nearby SWT Fen Barn reserve with my net yesterday. There were several day flying micros on the wing in the warm sunshine. Those I managed to net included several Dichrorampha acuminatana, Scoparia … Continue reading

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