Author Archives: Matthew Deans

A splash of Scandinavian silver!

At Bawdsey Hall one of the traps was this morning graced by the presence of a Scarce Silver Y – only the third area record and first since 2006.  Three Silver Y were also trapped along with Cydia amplana and … Continue reading

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Bedstraw Hawk at the Hall

I was lucky enough to find a pristine Bedstraw Hawk-moth in one of the Bawdsey Hall traps this morning; this representing the sixth Bawdsey record and the ninth hawk-moth species of the year. Several Privet Hawks were also trapped and … Continue reading

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Moth Night 2014 at Bawdsey Hall

Moth Night 2014 is fast approaching (3 – 5 July).   Bawdsey Hall is hosting an event and all interested lepidopterists are invited on the evening of Friday 4 July.   I would appreciate as much support as possible, especially as Bawdsey … Continue reading

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More macro additions to the Bawdsey list

Numbers of moths in the traps have not been particularly high this week, but I seem to be catching a lot of species not usually encountered at Bawdsey Hall.  Following the Green Arches earlier in the week two further new … Continue reading

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Green Arches – new to Bawdsey

I was delighted to catch a very fine specimen of Green Arches at Bawdsey Hall on the night of 15 June.  This is the 469th species of macro I have recorded at Bawdsey, since 2002.  I often find that when … Continue reading

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Silver Barred at Bawdsey Hall

Last night I took my first half-decent migrant of the year at Bawdsey Hall – a Silver Barred.  This is not a moth that I see every year; although as it happens 2013 was particularly good for the species with … Continue reading

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Cypress Carpet – a new macro for Bawdsey

It has been hard work these last few mornings with the rain and getting a thorough soaking!  However, this morning was dry and a Cypress Carpet was a most welcome capture – this representing macro number 468 for the Bawdsey … Continue reading

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Surveying for Northern Drab

Now that Sloe Carpet has most probably ‘gone over’ for another year I have been out surveying for opima the Northern Drab. Thwarted by cold nights over the past couple of weeks, this has been no mean task.  The Bawdsey … Continue reading

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A tortricoid moth new to Suffolk

At Dunwich Heath on the night of Sunday 6 April Clive Moore caught the rather splendid and exquisite ‘conifer moth’ Gravitarmata margarotana.  Photo by M. J. Deans Known as the Pine Cone Tortrix and new to Britain from Kent as recently as … Continue reading

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Emperor visits the Hall

We’ve had many aristocracy visit Bawdsey Hall since the 18th century but last night was the first time an Emperor has been spotted! A female Emperor Moth was perched on the black barn this morning behind a 125W MV ALS Robinson trap.  … Continue reading

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