Category Archives: Sightings

Still the occasional Dingy and Scarce Footman, Common and Garden Carpet. Have the Red Underwing, Frosted Orange, Feathered Gothic and lots of Vine’s Rustic and Snout but not got into the Chestnuts or Autumn Quakers yet. All the Yellow Underings; … Continue reading →

Numbers of moths are continuing to decline with the cooler nights. I have still had no more than single Vine’s Rustics and the thorns seem to be very thin on the ground so far. Last night (2nd September) I had … Continue reading →

It was terribly exciting going through the Bawdsey traps this morning looking for a Ni Moth amongst the hordes of Silver Y. At least 364 Silver Y were trapped and probably many more remained hidden in the grass! Did anyone … Continue reading →

The dust has settled and I’ve caught up with some sleep, following the remarkable moth immigration wave experienced recently! Its time to reflect on some of the resident moths being recorded. A Red-green Carpet at the Bawdsey picnic site on … Continue reading →

Friday night would have been a good night to moth up here as there was no rainfall what so ever and I wished I had put out the traps. Last night was not quite so ideal as there was a … Continue reading →

It was another red-letter day in the moth traps at Bawdsey Hall where I took a specimen of SMALL MARBLED – believed to be the first Suffolk record of this tiny macro-moth – but a most exquisite one! An increase … Continue reading →

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 →

With all these Vestals about, I hoped maybe some had reached the marshes alongside the River Waveney so I ran my traps there last evening (well away from the woods to escape the hornets). If there were any Vestals there, they didn’t … Continue reading →

Last night was the first time I have caught more than one Vestal in a single night. Both of the specimens were at Bawdsey and exhibited a faint pinkish stripe (not the bright red or brown usually seen). Also decent … Continue reading →