Category Archives: Sightings

Ashby Warren 31 May

Brian and I were joined by Allan Eaton at this site by Fritton Lake for my first moth night out since July 2018 and we drove on site at 9pm to be greeted by swarms of midges while setting up, … Continue reading

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April news from Woolpit

April was a slow month for me with the trap only operated on seven nights. A cool start  gave way to a warm Easter, but with clear nights and a bright moon, before returning to more typical ‘April Showers’. Of … Continue reading

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April moth news at IGC.

Like Raymond, I did well here in the warm spell around mid month but didn’t bother to trap on many nights later on with the cooler clear weather. Orthosia numbers dropped off from mid month as expected, has been a … Continue reading

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April 2019 moths Hollesley

I have had a spell of good mothing at my home site from the warm spell that started around mid month. The weather cooled a little for the last few days so numbers turned down. I have not been off … Continue reading

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Change of Suffolk County moth recorder.

As some of you may be already know, Tony Prichard has decided to stand down as County recorder for moths after many years of doing the job. Thanks must go to him for all the good work he has done … Continue reading

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Dunwich Woods 26.4.19

Myself and Peter conducted our 3rd trapping session at Dunwich on Friday night. We had: 3 X 125w MV 1 x 20w Wemlite and 1 x 7w LED In a 5 hour session we recorded over 120 moths of 31 … Continue reading

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Pests in the house again!

Been picking up Tinea pellionella in the house again. What are the little buggers destroying this time around? Also after a recent cold spell I caught the first Early Tooth-striped at my home. Seen a number in local woodlands but … Continue reading

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Moth news for February and March from IGC.

Good to see some posts appearing on this blog. Would be great to see more, I know there are a lot of social media forums these days but not everyone is a ‘follower’ of them all and also some people … Continue reading

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Jan, Feb and March 2019, Hollesley

Thank you for your report Paul. Coastal catches tend to be a little slower than a few miles inland but better than central East Anglia. The weather has been variable with a mix of cold weather spells, warm days with … Continue reading

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March News from Woolpit

The moth season is always slow to get going for me but, with reasonable conditions of late, the traps been out most nights this week. Both Small and Common Quaker have made up the bulk of the catch (there were … Continue reading

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