Author Archives: Neil

Friday 22nd May was forecast to be a good night for moth recording, so I went all out here at IGC with 4 traps – 2 in the garden and 2 around the worksheds (3 125w + twin 30w). Plenty … Continue reading →

Finally a slightly warmer night to make trapping worthwhile here at IGC. Numbers of moths slowly improving with around 40sp in 2 traps. Nothing really special seen – first Pine, Poplar and Eyed hawks appearing, Coronet (used to be a … Continue reading →

Having been away on holiday for 8 days, moth traps here at IGC hadn’t been run since the 3rd May so with reasonable conditions forecast I ran lights on both the 15th and 16th. Both attempts brought in a good … Continue reading →

Been out and about this weekend doing a bit of recording during the brief mild spell before the rain. Started on Friday night with 3 traps deployed at IGC (30w twin actinic in the garden plus 2 MV up at … Continue reading →

With some warmer nights in the last week I’ve been running various combinations of light traps alternating between the garden and up on the golf course. The better temperatures have brought out some more year first moths with Lunar marbled … Continue reading →

Following on from the last post on the disappointing results from Milden last night, I was pleased to find more moths in the IGC traps than what we saw at that meeting.20sp, with a few more expected year firsts – … Continue reading →

The warm sunny day yesterday must have prompted an emergence of moths, as my 2 traps up in the woods this morning had plenty in them including a few species more interesting than the normal quakers. Helped that it stayed … Continue reading →

I guess from the lack of news on captures on the blog that people must be suffering from the lack of moths syndrome that seems to be prevalent across the UK at the moment (going on various blogs I read … Continue reading →