Category Archives: Sightings

Last night Brian and I ran our lights at my Wicker Well, Somerleyton, site. I chose to run mine along a marsh edge sheltered by a wooded slope. Conditions seemed very good there and moths at switch on fairly active. … Continue reading →

Well. This was the first of I don’t know how many to come of my recording of moths species on Havergate Island. I look at the weather forecasts to let the RSPB know as far in advance as realist as … Continue reading →

Not been running traps during this cool spell so now catching up on things from last weekend. Ran 2 traps on the 22nd, a night when it rained heavily just after turning the traps on and was raining again when … Continue reading →

In many ways this is more of a ‘not-sighting’ report having spent a pleasant few hours yesterday wandering around Bradfield Woods, mostly to the soundtrack of singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff and the odd Willow Warbler. My main reason for visiting was … Continue reading →

After the poor moth numbers at the very start of May, I was hoping things may have got going once I was back from my holiday in Estonia on the 14th. So the traps were put out on a number … Continue reading →

Similar disappointing results up here in the Waveney Valley. I have trapped 3 times over the past week on sites away from my garden (which is still producing very little) and even though conditions seemed quite favorable, the results were … Continue reading →

Is it me, or is this year never going to get off the ground? Trap results in the garden continue to disappoint but at least I made it into double figures last night. That said, it was a case of … Continue reading →

Strange weather in recent years either good or bad with no compromise. The last 5 days or so have been good. The warmer weather bringing out moths after a dismal April. Are we going to have a second flush. I … Continue reading →