Category Archives: Sightings

After worrying about a general lack of moths in both my traps and on my Ivy patch at IGC at the end of September, the beginning of October has brought in a welcome change with good numbers of moths seen. … Continue reading →

For those interested in migrants, the totals at Bawdsey Hall last night were: 5 Diamond-back Moth, 1 Rusty-dot Pearl, 27 Rush Veneer, 1 Palpita vitrealis, 14 Vestal, 2 male Gem, 1 male Convolvulus Hawk-moth, 4 Four-spotted Footman (1 female), 24 … Continue reading →

An interesting night last night. Cooler evening, clear at first, but cloudy and milder late on. Wind SW, not as strong as last night. Result: another 8 vestals. Making 11 over the two nights. Has anyone else recorded so many … Continue reading →

On the 2nd a male and female Gem were a nice catch, but outshone I feel, by a specimen of Epinotia maculana which seems to be scarcely recorded in Suffolk, with an odd one in the west and the rest … Continue reading →

David Brown, from Warwickshire, on a short visit to Dunwich, has text me with his migrant totals from the village last night.  He was running no fewer than 14 traps in various private gardens!   Thought some of you would be interested: 1 Gem, … Continue reading →

Having just posted a short piece about getting just two migrants last night (including one vestal), I’ve just walked down the garden and discovered another two vestals sitting about ten yard downwind of where the trap had been. Although it’s … Continue reading →

Despite the wind and rain I left a trap out last night. Surely there must be a migrant or two? And there were – literally, two. A vestal (brown striped form) and a dark sword-grass. Being ten miles from the … Continue reading →

I am still shaking with excitement, after securing the first Crimson Speckled at Bawdsey since May 1885! The story goes like this.  Knowing there have been a few pulchella about on the south coast this week,  I left my bathroom light … Continue reading →