Category Archives: Sightings

Eight years ago Pale Pinion was ‘big’ news in the county.  Now the moth is a regular at Bawdsey Hall.  I took twenty last year between April and June and in September and October.  However, I have never seen this moth here in … Continue reading →

Ran 2 traps at home last night, the 30w twin actinic and a 125w trap. Noticeably more moths in the actinic. Not a high species count with 9 seen. By far the commonest species Common quaker with 82 recorded. All … Continue reading →

I have run the garden trap for a couple of hours on each of the last 3 nights. There has been a steady trickle of new firsts for the year: Twin-spotted Quaker and Engrailed on the 12th, Satellite on the … Continue reading →

It was nice to have Keith’s company at Lound Lakes SWT site this evening. Running five traps from 6.30 to 8.30 produced about 80 moths of 17 species and the temperature held up around 10 deg. For me, new ones … Continue reading →

I wasn’t expecting much of a catch last night – it seemed rather cool and the fog that was forecast also gave me some doubt. Delighted therefore to record 46 moths of 8 species – Common Quaker 32, Small Quaker … Continue reading →

While out and about today I checked a few willow clumps, now in full bloom, for Adela cuprella without success. I was amazed though how many butterflies were on the wing. On one bush of willow flowers I counted 12 … Continue reading →

Like others I too ran traps last night, up in the work-shed woods. A good count of 16sp noted, but no moth was what I would class as abundant in the traps, commonest was March moth with 14 caught. Orthosias … Continue reading →

Four moth additions graced the Bawdsey Hall traps this morning.  A single Lead-coloured Drab was trapped amongst the commoner orthosias – this being new for the Hall.   It has been some years since I obtained the moth at nearby Bawdsey Manor.   Numbers of orthosias … Continue reading →

An unusual moth to find flying about in our conservatory this morning was Esperia sulphurella. First time I’ve ever seen it in March. Brian

My first go this year, with two mv placed. An Agonopterix alstromeriana was seen at a lit window early in the evening. 7 species to the traps; Most common of the few moths caught in quantitive order were Common Quaker, … Continue reading →