Category Archives: Sightings

Having been woken at 4:30am by a heavy rain shower I dashed outside to cover the trap as best I could. Despite still being half asleep I potted up a few moths to check on later when I knew my … Continue reading →

Well it’s been an interesting spell. I have been coming to the conclusion since I made some Robinson type traps over the winter that the design I have stumbled upon is the most efficient of any. As a consequence and … Continue reading →

Catches have been modest recently but there have been a few good moths in with the usual suspects. Two new site records first: Small Wainscot on the 23rd and a Webb’s Wainscot last night (30th). The first Svensson’s Copper Underwing … Continue reading →

Feeling a bit left out with all these good records going on, but still; On the 25th my first home trapping for July and a decent 118 species including Oak Eggar which is widespread up here, several Poplar species with … Continue reading →

Having recovered from my recent illness, I’ve started running more traps and away from the garden. With the warm weather, this brought in some very good catches as well as some nice moths. 24th, 134sp in 2 traps, too many … Continue reading →

Friday night saw a group of us heading up to Aldeburgh for a hastily arranged trapping session to try and cash in on the migration wave that was taking place in the warm conditions. 11 traps (4 actinic) were put … Continue reading →

With apologies for the reference to the classic Tom Hanks movie quote but, for me, one of the joys of garden trapping is that you never quite know what you’re going to get. OK, at this time of the year … Continue reading →

Good numbers of nice moths over the past week, though still nothing mega. What has impressed me has been the variety of predators gathering at night around my garden MV. Two species of bats are regular (pipistrelle and a gang … Continue reading →