Author Archives: Neil

With warm winds from the south and thunderstorms moving across from France a trap session was arranged at Bawdsey picnic site to try and catch some migrants that may have been brought up with the weather. On arrival it was … Continue reading →

Yes, finally, after waiting since the end of March for a new moth site record one turns up. Not on what I would call the best of nights for recording either, with a clear sky and the moon starting to … Continue reading →

Having recovered from my recent illness, I’ve started running more traps and away from the garden. With the warm weather, this brought in some very good catches as well as some nice moths. 24th, 134sp in 2 traps, too many … Continue reading →

Friday night saw a group of us heading up to Aldeburgh for a hastily arranged trapping session to try and cash in on the migration wave that was taking place in the warm conditions. 11 traps (4 actinic) were put … Continue reading →

My first post for a while as I’ve been very busy and also away on holiday enjoying the Lepidopteria of Bulgaria! With the heat yesterday due to spark off storms, thought I’d put some traps out in the reedbed area … Continue reading →

The second part of June has been quite frustrating at times for trapping here. Some nights the traps have caught reasonable numbers, while other nights have been dire with very little seen! Worst night was the 19th when 2 mv … Continue reading →