Category Archives: Sightings

I’m looking forward to reading what has been seen at Bawdsey this weekend. I trapped in the garden last night (Fri) hoping for more migrants after the vestal etc last night. Wind seemed good but it proved to be a … Continue reading →

Autumn is beginning to bite here. Brindled green, dusky thorn and a feathered gothic the best of the bunch last night. But the migrants at least made a modest show – a few silver y, a dark sword-grass and a … Continue reading →

It would appear that, on the evidence of last night, my quest to add Vestal and Convolvulus Hawk to the garden list remains on hold. The clear skies resulted in a disappointing 14 species of mostly brown moths, 1 green … Continue reading →

Saw 3 more Vestal today, again while hay cutting grass. None at all in the 2 traps I ran, not much else caught either, too cold! Neil

Toadflax Brocade is a species I’ve trapped a few times as an adult in my Ipswich garden, but until today I had never recorded it as a larva, despite a reasonable amount of Purple Toadflax self-seeding itself in various spots. … Continue reading →

With the cool nights I haven’t run a trap in the garden (Spexhall, Halesworth) for a week or so and hadn’t read the blog. When I did so, yesterday, I realised I might have missed my best chance of a … Continue reading →

I’ve not been running any moth traps recently, being put off by the cool nights, especially here on the sandy soil. However, I’ve still had my eyes open during the day for anything interesting. Today I was starting the annual … Continue reading →

As the season moves on and moth numbers drop it is time to report the few days at the end of August for my garden at Hollesley. The migrant feature of this summer continues. Vestals avoided me on the day … Continue reading →

Some of you will already be aware that there was a substantial immigration into Southern England last night of the Vestal. I caught a singleton on Friday night at Bawdsey Hall – one of the forerunners of this invasion. Last … Continue reading →

Last day of August, a bank holiday and its tipping it down with rain outside – typical British summer weather! Has given me time to reflect on the few weeks since I last posted. Been a good period generally for … Continue reading →