Category Archives: Sightings

I trapped one of my regular sites yesterday evening for 2 and half hours on Belton Common, most of which is now a golf course but still with a good area of oak woodland. The temperature was still at 12 … Continue reading →

It was too nice to be in the office today, so I decided to spend my lunch-break at Wolves Wood. As well as a single Comma and several singing Chiffchaff’s, I had a single Light Orange Underwing fly out of … Continue reading →

On the 17th Brian Jones and I trapped at Herringfleet Hills with  five lights to around 21.15 hrs. Moth numbers were surprisingly low, I suspect down to the wind coming off the marshes and bare branches on the trees. 13 species in … Continue reading →

It appears that the trend for good numbers of moths this year is continuing, with large quantities of Orthosias appearing now. Last night was the peak for numbers this week, with 365 Small quaker caught in the garden trap, my … Continue reading →

Site list expanded with Early Grey and Grey Shoulder-knot on 1st March and Red Chestnut and A. acanthodactyla on 29th Feb. Then the exceptionally early Silver Y on 29th. Potential for some very cold weather in the next 2 weeks … Continue reading →

Not such a large number of moths for me in the garden trap last night, but a very good species count of 20. Year additions included E.monodactyla, Clouded drab, Hebrew character, Agonopterix umbellana, Acleris cristana and Oak nycteoline. Commonest moth … Continue reading →

13 species recorded here last night. My February 2012 total standing at 19 species. Last nights additions being; Oak Nycteoline, Small Quaker, Clouded Drab, Satellite, Hebrew Character, Dotted Border and postvittana.

Another good haul of moths in the 2 traps I ran last night, with more new records for the year. 16sp, 445 moths. Numbers of Spring usher and Pale brindled beauty starting to drop down, but an increase in Small … Continue reading →

I’ve run the garden trap recently on a couple of warmer nights. I don’t normally get too much of interest at this time of year but this spring I’ve been picking up some of the woodland species – Tortricodes alternella, … Continue reading →

Finally picked up my first Dotted Border on 25th. Other additions from the 27th Double-striped Pug, Oak Beauty, Agonopterix scopariella and a beautifully marked Acleris cristana. The Speculation: well I have picked up a second Red-headed Chestnut. The first was … Continue reading →