Category Archives: Sightings

Yesterday evening (4th October) looked promising so I ran the trap in the garden for 3 hours before the rain arrived. 15 macro species recorded including the first Merveille du Jour (2) of the year. Barred Sallow (5) again the … Continue reading →

A very good number of moths on the Ivy clump close to the garden last night, so many thought it would be of interest to publish the whole list so it can be seen what is possible to find just … Continue reading →

I feel we are all biding our time for a ‘good moth night’. In the meantime just mostly routine autumn species now summer is over. Being close to the coast I am lucky to get the occasional coastal and salt-marsh … Continue reading →

Despite the strong breeze I set the trap up last night (30th September) for a couple of hours as it was mild and cloudy and I have been away for a couple of weeks. Just 10 macro species recorded, the … Continue reading →

I thought it was much too cold to bother running any traps last night but did go out and have a check round the Ivy patch near the garden. There were a few moths present, including Orange and Barred sallows, … Continue reading →

A single Plutella xylostella in the trap run in the garden last night. Interestingly, commonest moth in the trap was Red-green carpet with 17 noted, a very good count for this moth here. Additions for the year included first records … Continue reading →

Just a single Silver Y in my 2 traps run last night. Only one Large yellow underwing too! In fact, a very poor night moth wise with little seen, only 13sp. Commonest moth Lunar underwing with 23 seen, most interesting … Continue reading →