Category Archives: Sightings

On Wednesday 7 August, a week after catching a Single White-mantled Wainscot with Brian in Norfolk I decided to seek it out on the Somerleyton Estate. Earlier in the Summer I had checked out the area I wanted to try … Continue reading →

Yippee … 2 Ruby Tigers in the trap this morning.  I was also hoping that the Scalloped Hook-tip would reappear but it didn’t, so I had to make do with a Pebble instead. Other moths noted included singles of Hedya … Continue reading →

Sadly, there were no Tigers in the garden last night, or any other feline creatures come to think of it apart from our neighbours cat … but I did manage just over 50 sp’ to actininc including a Scalloped Hook-tip … Continue reading →

A reminder that Moth Night 2013 commences tonight for three nights. I hope some of you will be coming to Bawdsey Hall on Saturday. It would be good for as many of us as possible to submit records this year, … Continue reading →

Pigmy Footman at Bawdsey Hall this morning accompanied by a male red-striped Vestal and a male Gem. Also an interesting looking Nycteoline and Pug to take a further look at. The second Wormwood of the year in the traps yesterday … Continue reading →

With the clear sky, north wind and the temperature down to 10 degrees C this morning not surprisingly moth numbers were well down in the garden trap. Only 63sp, poor by recent standards and generally most moth species recorded in … Continue reading →

Matthew Deans and I took the opportunity to trap on the RSPB reserve on Wednesday 31st during excellent mothing weather. We set up an MV Robinson in the ride and in the wet meadow. A heath trap was set near … Continue reading →

Like everyone else, I’ve found the moth trapping superb at the end of July/early August, certainly the best period since the classic year of 2006. Who would have predicted that the summer would be like this after the abysmal first … Continue reading →

On a walk along the Dingle side of the shingle on Sunday, I saw hundreds of freshly emerged Six Spot Burnets with plenty of cocoons still to open. With it being so breezy they hadn’t dispersed and were mating alongside … Continue reading →