Category Archives: Sightings

It would seem that last Thursday was a bit of a false start as moths have become largely absent from the garden trap once again. Last night was no exception, but the appearance of a Netted Pug (venosata comes from … Continue reading →

Last year at this site on 20 May the tally was 118 species, so how would this season compare? A perfect night to start, the wind got up late on and spoiled the total no doubt with the best performing … Continue reading →

Friday 22nd May was forecast to be a good night for moth recording, so I went all out here at IGC with 4 traps – 2 in the garden and 2 around the worksheds (3 125w + twin 30w). Plenty … Continue reading →

I’m doing a survey of a site near Blythburgh this year and last night I put out 3 traps at the site – covering areas of reed-bed, young woodland and scrub – just over 60 species recorded. The woodland trap … Continue reading →

Trapping has been dire here in Woolpit but, after last night, it looks like things are finally on the up. OK, the hoped for Striped Hawk never materialised but I did manage to record 18 species, which included a fine … Continue reading →

Finally a slightly warmer night to make trapping worthwhile here at IGC. Numbers of moths slowly improving with around 40sp in 2 traps. Nothing really special seen – first Pine, Poplar and Eyed hawks appearing, Coronet (used to be a … Continue reading →

From all our years of trapping in this part of NE Suffolk we have never recorded Seraphim, in fact it has proved as elusive as its heavenly namesake! We have several good stands of Aspen & Black Poplar in the … Continue reading →

Surveying the southern shore and woods of Fritton Lake recently I discovered around a quarter mile stretch of Male Fern. Does anyone know of any specific species that might be targeted and if so at what time of year? Thanks, … Continue reading →

Having been away on holiday for 8 days, moth traps here at IGC hadn’t been run since the 3rd May so with reasonable conditions forecast I ran lights on both the 15th and 16th. Both attempts brought in a good … Continue reading →