Category Archives: Sightings

The Clancy’s Rustic – a moth which I added to the Suffolk list in October 2005 – has appeared again at Bawdsey this month.  I’ve had two in the past week, including the most recent on Tuesday night.  Nigel Odin also caught one … Continue reading →

One of the other guys at work called me over to see this impressive caterpillar walking across the track near our work-shed area, obviously looking for somewhere to pupate. This is the second time I’ve seen a larva of this … Continue reading →

Well this is 1 year since I got back to this interest from my youth after a 40 year break. Unlike my starter night I would not have chosen last night to start. 11 species and 22 moths in the … Continue reading →

Weather forecast showed cloud cover for last night so a trap went out. A check at 10p.m. only 2 moths in the trap and no cloud, also felt very cold with temperature down to 5 degrees. Not much else in … Continue reading →

Last night (10th October) was clearer than forecast but still resulted in an excellent range of autumn moths including Blair’s Shoulder-knot (3), Dark Chestnut, Chestnut, Brown-spot Pinion, Red-line Quaker, Yellow-line Quaker, Black Rustic, Green-brindled Crescent, Satellite (2), Pink-barred Sallow and Common … Continue reading →

I don’t expect many more nights of potential on my patch for the remainder of this season with a colder or much colder than average second half of Autumn forecast. On the 8th I decided to make a trip to … Continue reading →

With SE winds forecast overnight tonight and some cloud moving in, I fully expect a scattering of migrant moths to arrive.  I expect that the odd Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Gem, Vestal, Scarce Bordered Straw and maybe a Dewick’s Plusia or Golden Twin-spot … Continue reading →

Felt cold first thing this morning whilst going through the trap (in the dark before work), but was warmer the earlier part of the evening so I guess that is why there were more moths caught than the previous night. … Continue reading →

Some cool evenings here on the clay farmland north of Halesworth. Last night very chilly, but for some reason there were more moths about. 26 species in the trap this morning, including the first November moth, black rustic and satellite … Continue reading →

“All quite on the Woolpit front” is an apt description for what it sometimes feels like in my part of the world.  A lack of tree cover, cool nights and an 11 watt actinic are not the best  bed fellows … Continue reading →