The last few nights i've ran my trap more out of chance than anything.  With soaring daytime temperatures upto the high teens, it surely...

Recently we have had some lovely sunny warm March days, coupled with some rather chilly nights, although Monday night was cooler during the ...

Well, an insane Orthosia emergence has happened here locally, with no less than 124 individuals counted between this morning and when I retu...

I trapped once again last night as it was fairly overcast and mild (with lows of 8.5c and no wind). The trap was steady up until bedtime at ...

A real drop in moth numbers come Tuesday night with cooler and clear conditions overnight. The day had been warm though, and this spurred me...

It's nearly that time again, where the net gets a bit of action once more, if conditions allow and I made a brave effort on Monday eveni...

What incredible weather we have been experiencing lately, with some unseasonably warm days heading towards the high teens and fairly mild ni...

It's always nice to get a new species for the garden. It was Ypsolopha mucronella's turn last night, a sporadic visitor to light, an...

A brief post on two catches I made on Tuesday & Wednesday night. Tuesday was the better night despite being cooler, but Wednesday was wa...

On the same day as the local Sallow trees bursting into life, with their bushy catkins glowing bright yellow in the morning twilight, the tr...

Mild weather is in charge currently, but cheesus (As my son would say) has it been windy! it's also been rather wet at times so not idea...

Better than expected overnight, with showers  and temperatures dropping to 7 degrees. 10 moths of 5 species was rather good for early Februa...