Category Archives: Sightings

Went out for an hour tonight to check one of the Stutton ivy stretches and managed to find Black Rustic, Orange Sallow and Deep-brown Dart among 15 species. This takes the season’s list to 51 since we started checking on … Continue reading →

I joined Matthew, John and Jenny at this site last night for a few hours to try and see if any migrants were about. As the site has abundant bramble clumps too we had the opportunity to check those for … Continue reading →

I took my first Black Rustic’s (Aporophyla nigra) here in Woolpit in Sept 2006 – a little later than some but, at the time, a species I knew I would pick up soon enough as it was spreading in Suffolk. Records … Continue reading →

Amazed to find a fresh Blotched emerald in the trap this morning. Another example of an unusual second emergence moth. Neil

With leaves starting to tumble down in quantities on the site this week, the moths too have started to take on more of an autumnal flavour (at last!). Species noted for the first time for the season have included Brindled … Continue reading →

Jon Clifton has kindly checked through a few difficult micros I sent to him from the summer months. Some of the records are from sites on the Somerleyton estate VC25 where I join Keith to run our traps. We are … Continue reading →

One of my Bawdsey traps was this morning graced by the presence of a female Four-spotted Footman. I took a male of this species here several months ago. A great selection of autumn moths now flying with numbers building nightly … Continue reading →

Sadly the nights total on Saturday was not good, especially when this is the best site on the Somerleyton Estate. 8 traps, conditions for most of them perfect, although breezy where exposed and temperature around 16C. 34 species recorded including … Continue reading →

A few of us met up at Wolves wood last night to try a bit of trapping out and about. Looked promising on arrival with the temperature still at 20 degrees. 2 125w mv traps plus wine ropes deployed. Sat … Continue reading →