Category Archives: Sightings

Clive Moore reports Bedstraw Hawk-moth at Westleton last night. Timing and current NE winds suggest to me it’s a continental immigrant; coupled with the fact that several Great Brocades have been seen in southern England in recent days. With continuing … Continue reading →

A fresh specimen of Wormwood was a nice surprise in the garden trap this morning. I can’t think of any Artemisia nearby so it must have been a wandering individual. It has been a great month for filling in some … Continue reading →

It was one of those evenings you dream about, – finding a moth in the catch that is about as unlikely as finding a gold coin in a pocketful of change! But there it was, sitting on virtually the last … Continue reading →

The night of 16 July was very still and muggy and produced the highest all-time count at Bawdsey of 205 + species. I’ve identified most, but not all, of the micros. One wonders what the actual total would have been … Continue reading →

A few species new to my site list including a particularly rare Coleophora. Total species numbers for me have been OK with the lowest at 70 0n 1st and with 107, 116 and 119 on 3rd, 14th and 13th respectively. … Continue reading →

… and lots more besides. Spells of warm weather, of the likes we are having at present, offer the best opportunity for picking up new species in the garden and my trusty actinic hasn’t let me down. Having trapped every … Continue reading →

In the last week moth numbers have really taken off at the site in the warm conditions. I’ve run traps in the garden, at the work sheds and also on a piece of heath on the site. The garden produced … Continue reading →

This was our third trip for Matthew and me and again we set up three traps, this time all Robinson MVs. Two in the ride and one in the field. 138 species were identified and with some interest but no … Continue reading →