Category Archives: Sightings

First humming-bird hawk of the year on the garden valerian this afternoon, plus a couple of painted ladies. Puss moth and small clouded brindle (first here for ten years) in the MV last night. Some common species doing especially well … Continue reading →

It has been an excellent start to the season here at Bawdsey. I’m always short of time and doing far too much, so here is a summary of the highlights: Blossom Underwing: 2 immigrant examples on 31 March. Nut-tree Tussock: … Continue reading →

For those of you who hanker after the rare ones and those who get them. I have been through 2 two days of frustration and have now given up! On 28th May, which is the night when thunderstorms came up … Continue reading →

No photo yet but I was really chuffed to find a pristine Toadflax Brocade (Calophasia lunula) in the trap this morning. This has been on my radar as a potential addition to the garden list for some time now … … Continue reading →

It’s high time I blogged again. In truth the Spring hasn’t been noteworthy with me – my garden MV has stubbornly failed to catch anything new or very exciting – in fact most of May up to 16th had very … Continue reading →

There are interesting things going on with this quite scarce species in the county at the moment so I’m putting a warning out for people to look out for it as it seems to be on the move. First found … Continue reading →

Last night in Woolpit was less quantity, more quality. Just 35 sp. noted after the overnight downpour and this morning’s Blackbird raid but I will never tire of seeing Netted Pug (pic below). Last night’s moth also continues the trend … Continue reading →

Last night was the first opportunity this year to join Keith to trap on one of his Suffolk sites. The plan was to record on the edge of Herringfleet Marshes and our target moth was to be Obscure Wainscot, last … Continue reading →

As the weather is looking OK for the rest of the week I’ve decided early that the meeting can go ahead on Friday 26th May, so hopefully see some of you there! Neil

Well, I definitely can’t compete with the latest rare moth offering from Bawdsey … but congrats to Matthew all the same. Readers of Atropos Flight Arrivals or followers of Matthew’s twitter account will know what I’m referring too! Back on … Continue reading →