Category Archives: Sightings

Four-spotted Footman have been arriving across Britain in recent nights.  These are the records last night (2nd October) in Suffolk; that I am aware of: 2 males – Bawdsey Hall 1 female - Landguard Bird Observatory 2 males  – Dunwich Village If 2006 … Continue reading →

Good to see that Keith took Palpita vitrealis the other night.  It’s still pretty rare in Suffolk and certainly not annual. Readers who have met David Brown from Warwickshire, will be interested to know that after 41 years of trying … Continue reading →

The wind had dropped a bit Monday and I thought it worth putting out the traps. What a good decision, as my best migrant of the season turned up in the form of Palpita vitrealis in the actinic near the … Continue reading →

Tony added four new species from ivy last night – Herald, Sallow, Pink-barred Sallow and a Grey Shoulder-knot. This took the village list to a very impressive 42 species for September. With the efforts at Blakenham, no doubt we have … Continue reading →

I’ve been plugging away this past week or so with the actinic in the vain hope of adding Convolvulus Hawk or Vestal to the garden list. Sadly for me, both species remain as elusive as ever but I did have … Continue reading →

September trapping has now finished at Bawdsey Hall.  The final week of the month provided some more species ‘new on the wing’ for the autumn.  Mallow, Deep-brown Dart, Satellite and Pink-barred Sallow were noted at the start of the week.  … Continue reading →

Seeing that Tawny Pinion was had on Ivy recently, can I just check this one. I umm’ed and arr’ed and went for Pale. Would gladly stand corrected and apologies for quality of image.

A mid-week excursion on this occasion as Matthew Deans was in a position to take a day off work and as it happened this was the better of the moth nights in the week. Warm, calm, humid and cloudy. We … Continue reading →