Category Archives: Sightings

One of the woodland areas I am recording for the first time this year has a substantial plantation of mature and very large aspens. I have been hoping for an opportunity to find out if Lead-coloured Drab is present. This … Continue reading →

Saw my first Orange underwing for the year this afternoon at IGC, flying high around Birch. This is about when they normally first appear according to my records. Neil

I thought the weather forecast looked quite good for Friday night so I took my opportunity to visit Staverton Park for the first time this year. Picked up 22 species including one of the site’s specialties. Also the first pug … Continue reading →

Like Brian my traps have also been unused for a while so with the forecast of just slightly better conditions last night I gave it a go with 3 (1 at home and 2 in the woods). 14sp trapped, with … Continue reading →

This persistent cool NE breeze off the sea has kept the moth traps in the shed for a week. Last night with the thick cloud and a slight fall in its strength I thought it worth a try, choosing a … Continue reading →

Thursday evening produced a good number of moths in spite of the cool breeze. With Yellow Horned in mind, I concentrated on an area of woodland containing a lot of birch. Several came to each trap with a total of … Continue reading →

Spring usually arrived late here on Halesworth clay. But I’ve recorded my earliest ever clouded drab (25/2), oak beauty (6/3) and shoulder stripe (8/3). It doesn’t seem to me to have been an especially mild winter (a lot of frosts) … Continue reading →

Although not quite in the same league as the moth numbers being recorded by Neil at IGC I ran my actinic trap last night and, despite clear skies, managed to record four each of Common Quaker & Hebrew Character plus … Continue reading →

Another mothing window last night, so 2 traps out again in the woods. Surprised to find the contents pretty similar to last time with the catch dominated by March moth (88) and not a lot else. Numbers of Small brindled … Continue reading →

Last night with the mild conditions it was too good a chance to miss in what has been a pretty mediocre early spring for moths. Still 8 degrees at dusk so ran 3 traps, 2 mvs in the woods plus … Continue reading →