Moth Extravaganza Speyside August
Moth-ing Break. Speyside, Cairngorms and Moray Dunes 5th – 12th August 2023 A week long moth recording holiday in Speyside targeting the...
top of page
Search
chriswilko
May 12, 20232 min read
Moth-ing Break. The Norfolk Broads and Coastal Dunes
1st to 8th July 2023 A week long moth recording holiday in the Norfolk Broads targeting the areas rare and scarce species. St Benets...
398 views0 comments
chriswilko
Feb 15, 20225 min read
August 2021 - Sugaring for Underwings
Late summer and early autumn, is the flight season for the catocalid moths – the underwings. These large, attractive moths are mostly...
173 views0 comments
chriswilko
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Norfolk Broads Moth Nights
On the weekend of 10th July I was privileged to be invited along with a few friends to a private reserve in the Norfolk Broads for a...
110 views0 comments
chriswilko
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Scotland Tour - Days 5 and 6
1st and 2nd July 2021 We arrived in Spean Bridge early evening and after a pleasant dinner we put the moth trap out in a local wood. It...
100 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jul 16, 20214 min read
Scotland Tour - Days 3 and 4
The 29th June dawned bright and sunny which was ideal as today we were going in search of a rare day flying moth, the Scotch Burnet....
81 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jul 16, 20213 min read
Scotland Tour - Days 1 and 2
There are a number of rare moths, dragonflies and orchids that are to be found only in Scotland in the UK. I have wanted to see many of...
90 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jul 14, 20211 min read
A New Orchid For Britain
In late June I received a message form a friend to let me know an orchid had been discovered in Kent that had not been seen in the UK...
57 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Welsh Clearwing in Sherwood Forest
In mid June while visiting my mum in Nottingham I took the opportunity to catch up with a rare and enigmatic moth - the Welsh Clearwing. ...
30 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 15, 20211 min read
Rare moths in The Prince's Coverts
Anybody who follows me on Twitter will know that I regularly trap moths in The Prince's Coverts in Surrey. Thought yesterdays catch...
18 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 15, 20211 min read
Foresters and Orchids on Pewsey Down
Took a Sunday drive into Wiltshire for a lovely day on Pewsey Down. It is an outstanding piece of chalk downland and abounds with...
67 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 15, 20211 min read
The Essex Tongue Orchids
Since their discovery only a couple of years ago, I'd been hoping to visit the colony of Tongue Orchids in Essex. Apart from a few plants...
69 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 15, 20211 min read
Wild Surrey Walks - For a sense of enormous well-being
On Saturday morning it was my pleasure to guide Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and his partner Michelle on a mornings walk on Thursley...
46 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 15, 20212 min read
Dungeness Day Out
Last week I took the opportunity to spend the night at Dungeness Bird Observatory to do some moth trapping. The great things about Dunge...
57 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 8, 20211 min read
Morning on Headley Heath.
After processing my moth trap adjacent to Headley Heath this morning I took a walk there for the first time in a while. The good news is...
18 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 8, 20211 min read
First Red-belted Clearwing of the year
The garden Red-belted Clearwings have started to emerge with the first coming to lure this morning. If it's anything loke last year we...
9 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Drab Loopers spotted in Chiddingfold Forest
A survey of the Wood Spurge in Chiddingfold has confirmed the presence of the nationally rare Drab Looper Moth. Good news.
9 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Orchids in the Chilterns
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting a couple of reserves in the nearby Chilterns. I was lucky enough to see Lady, Monkey, Military...
15 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Butterflies and Moths
Photographed a beautiful female Common Blue on Box Hill and noted the rare day flying Lace Border is on the wing. Burnets also starting...
17 views0 comments
chriswilko
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Orchids galore in Surrey
Orchids are out in good numbers in Surrey now. Have recorded 9 species in the last 2 days and some are very numerous. A few pics for you.
50 views0 comments
bottom of page