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Year list now complete at IGC.

Posted on 29 November 2014 by Neil

The warmish nights in the latter part of the week tempted me to try some trapping. This resulted in the capture of the last 2 expected species for the year here at IGC – Scarce umber and the Northern Winter … Continue reading →

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Unexpected pearl at Groton.

Posted on 23 November 2014 by Neil

As Matthew has already mentioned in his post, we had the unexpected surprise of catching an Olive-tree pearl Palpita vitrealis at the moth trapping session at Groton wood last night. There were also a few other migrants caught – 2 … Continue reading →

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October ends on a high note at IGC.

Posted on 3 November 2014 by Neil

My first post for a while as I’ve been enjoying the warm weather both during the day and at night so haven’t had time to blog. Now with the rain lashing down outside and the temperature down below 10 degrees … Continue reading →

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Moth crash.

Posted on 20 October 2014 by Neil

Well, last night the moth party came to an abrupt end. The number of species dropped along with the total moth count. Only around 25sp recorded with about 50 moths trapped down from the recent average of 35sp and 90 … Continue reading →

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Is it really October?

Posted on 19 October 2014 by Neil

After a busy first half to last week with no time for trapping, I was able to run lights for the rest of the week to take advantage of the warm conditions. Species counts impressive for the time of year … Continue reading →

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Leaf miner recording day at Betty’s Fen, Norfolk and Hinderclay Fen, Suffolk 11th October 2014.

Posted on 12 October 2014 by Neil

This was a joint meeting with the Norfolk Moth group and as it turned out the day was shared out with a visit to a Norfolk site in the morning followed by a Suffolk site after lunch. With the forecast … Continue reading →

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After the rain and wind.

Posted on 11 October 2014 by Neil

Ran a trap here at IGC for the first time this week after a period of poor weather. Not a bad count for the time of year here with 16 species noted. A Yellow-line quaker was the only new moth … Continue reading →

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Joint meeting with Norfolk Moth Group next weekend 11th October

Posted on 5 October 2014 by Neil

This is an early reminder for those who are interested that there is a joint meeting with the Norfolk Moth Group at Betty’s fen next Saturday. Details can be found by following the link below to the Norfolk Moth Groups … Continue reading →

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Is it the end?

Posted on 5 October 2014 by Neil

Sadly the cooler conditions forecast did arrive yesterday, a shame as it has been a pretty good autumn so far. Hopefully it isn’t the end and some better trapping conditions will return later on in the week. I’ve been trapping … Continue reading →

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Thorpeness old caravan park 27/09/2014.

Posted on 28 September 2014 by Neil

I joined Matthew, John and Jenny at this site last night for a few hours to try and see if any migrants were about. As the site has abundant bramble clumps too we had the opportunity to check those for … Continue reading →

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