Author Archives: Raymond Watson

Thought I would give it a go between the two spells of rain. Didn’t expect a lot but wasn’t too disastrous. 70 species for the two traps with my first Red Underwing of the year. Setaceous Hebrew Character abundant. Common … Continue reading →

Cooler night, smaller catch but I have a Vestal! Now I need to find a way of luring in a Bedstraw Hawk. Not a lot else to shout about in the catch though. First Dusky Thorn and Setaceous Hebrew Character … Continue reading →

I am very envious of Matthews Bedstraw Hawk and have yet to pick up a Vestal but have the strikingly attractive Jersey Tiger in the catch of 20th August. Not too hot on photography in a natural setting and the … Continue reading →

I decided not to attend the Aldeburgh beach meet as I seem to get most of the immigrant, coastal and even saltmarsh species at my garden site. I guess overlooking Shingle Street that can be expected. No Dewick’s Plusia though! … Continue reading →

Thought it might be better than 12th since weather was near perfect but coincidentally have the same number of 134 species identified at present. In common with Neil I have a couple of Tree-Lichen Beauty and several Cydia amplana. The … Continue reading →

My catch usually mimics that which Matthew posts for Bawdsey so I haven’t been posting but determination has set in. So:-134 identified to date. A nice selection of new micros still to identify including lots of Coleophora to play with. … Continue reading →

As with others the 23rd was a big catch, my best to date with 160 species identified to date. The other days during our summer were good too. It has been time consuming work for me to get through the … Continue reading →

Two traps with a total species list of 152 identified to date. I generally have a roughly 50:50 macro:micro split. Large Yellow Underwing has seriously taken over the number one spot with about 140 specimens. Quite a few Broad-bordered too. … Continue reading →

I retrieved the two traps in my garden as the thunder and lightening heralded the heavy rain. 148 species identified at present, just a handful more to go. Interesting macros new to my list were: Star-Wort, Shark, Buff Footman, Shoulder-striped … Continue reading →

143 species on 9th July included the long awaited Small Elephant Hawk-moth for my site. It was accompanied by 9 of its related Elephant Hawk-moths. Common Footman was the third most abundant after C culmella and Uncertain. Also have Scarce … Continue reading →