Category Archives: Sightings

I have scanned the sallows recent years for Adela cuprella on the Suffolk Wildlife Trust site at Lound Lakes without success. But today I found some in the warm spring sunshine, 6 flying above one clump and 10 over another. … Continue reading →

Following on from the last post on the disappointing results from Milden last night, I was pleased to find more moths in the IGC traps than what we saw at that meeting.20sp, with a few more expected year firsts – … Continue reading →

This evening (Friday) I joined Keith to run our lights at Neb Carr, Flixton on the Somerleyton estate. Neb Carr contains a good number of mature aspens with plenty of evidence of Hornet Moth exit holes at the base of … Continue reading →

(This is Keith’s blog, he is having problems signing in at the moment) Brian joined me for this night on the Somerleyton Estate at St Olaves. It was my first use of the moth traps in 2015 so unsurprisingly all … Continue reading →

A bit misty this morning in Woolpit, but was pleased to catch a few moths after missing out on the previous nights cloudy skies. Only four species mind – Hebrew Character, Common Quaker, 3 Early Grey’s and a Buttoned Snout.

The warm sunny day yesterday must have prompted an emergence of moths, as my 2 traps up in the woods this morning had plenty in them including a few species more interesting than the normal quakers. Helped that it stayed … Continue reading →

After dropping my wife off at the local Asda I took the opportunity to check the sallows at the rear of the building on the bank of Breydon Water to see if Adela cuprella was on the wing. This is … Continue reading →

I guess from the lack of news on captures on the blog that people must be suffering from the lack of moths syndrome that seems to be prevalent across the UK at the moment (going on various blogs I read … Continue reading →

The forecast for Friday evening was for the temperature to hold up around 7 deg. By the time I’d set the traps up at Gillingham Thicks it had already fallen to 5 deg. so I wasn’t expecting very much to … Continue reading →