Category Archives: Sightings

Back in my own garden…

Posted on 23 June 2014 by tonyhopkins

Spent May in the USA – tried a moth trap but the nights in Maryland were too cold! For the past fortnight I’ve been in Salisbury, Wilts. Ran an actinic trap on several nights and caught a few nice things. … Continue reading →

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Scarlet Tiger sighted at Ixworth

Posted on 22 June 2014 by Tony Prichard

Just had a report of a Scarlet Tiger from Ixworth on 22nd June (confirmed by photo). Well worth keeping your eyes open for this one – I’m expecting further sightings this year. Tony

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It’s a funny old game …

Posted on 20 June 2014 by paulb

No, not football, clearwing hunting. Because I had to work at Hadleigh today I took the opportunity to take a lunchtime stroll up Broom Hill. Having given up on counting the (presumed) Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnets when I got to 100 I … Continue reading →

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More macro additions to the Bawdsey list

Posted on 19 June 2014 by Matthew Deans

Numbers of moths in the traps have not been particularly high this week, but I seem to be catching a lot of species not usually encountered at Bawdsey Hall.  Following the Green Arches earlier in the week two further new … Continue reading →

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Fritton, 17th June

Posted on 18 June 2014 by keith

Brian and I trapped at this site for the first time near the western end of Fritton Lake. Not the best of nights with a couple of the traps doing particularly well with some others pretty quiet. Overall this could … Continue reading →

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Green Arches – new to Bawdsey

Posted on 17 June 2014 by Matthew Deans

I was delighted to catch a very fine specimen of Green Arches at Bawdsey Hall on the night of 15 June.  This is the 469th species of macro I have recorded at Bawdsey, since 2002.  I often find that when … Continue reading →

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SMG event 13/06/2014 – Wordwell, Kings forest.

Posted on 15 June 2014 by Neil

Forecast conditions for this night were quite promising, with some cloud cover and warmth. After a bit of a bumpy ride through the forest we arrived at the large ride being managed for Dingy skippers and since our last visit … Continue reading →

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Targets missed and hit

Posted on 14 June 2014 by keith

Back at Marsh Lane Herringfleet on the 13th trying for Obscure Wainscot, which was not found on this occasion. As is sometimes the case though, I set a target of what I thought would be a reasonable species count at … Continue reading →

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Early V-moth on the wing

Posted on 14 June 2014 by Brian

It was only recently on 29th May that I did a larval search for V-moth among the red currants on the site I monitor alongside the river Waveney. The ones I found were about half way through the larval stage, … Continue reading →

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A few moths in Ipswich

Posted on 13 June 2014 by Tony Prichard

Not had much chance to run my lights recently but I did manage to put the light out last night. A few more hawks than last time – 4 x Elephant, 1 x Eyed and 1 x Privet. Several L-album … Continue reading →

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