Category Archives: Field meetings

This meeting had to be re-arranged for the night of the 25th as on the 24th rain was forecast. There was a low turn out of group members for the meeting (Bill Last, Tony and myself) so there were less … Continue reading →

Only one recorder turned up for this meeting, and that was myself. Driving through some rain on the way to the site did not bode too well but conditions were dry at the forest. Main purpose of this event was … Continue reading →

There were 2 target moths for this meeting – White-mantled wainscot and Double kidney. With the spate of recent records for the wainscot, hopes were high of finding it given that one of the habitats on the site is reedbed. … Continue reading →

  This was the first ever Suffolk Moth Group ‘away’ trip where we left the county to try and see some different moths in another part of the country. This year we chose Dungeness in Kent, with its speciality moths … Continue reading →

Target species for this meeting was the Fen square-spot which we have seen at this site in the past but not for a few years now, plus the other nice fen species also found here. With the warm conditions, this … Continue reading →

For this meeting we went to Juliet Hawkins farm at Milden. This site has some old species rich meadows, hedgerows, SSSI old woodland plus some younger new woods. We decided to trap the younger woodland, as the meadows had just … Continue reading →

This meeting was set up to target Royal mantle, a moth that has been recorded on this site in the past but not for a few years. With hindsight we should have surveyed for this moth a bit later in … Continue reading →