Suffolk Moth Group

The Suffolk Moth Group is an informal group of moth recorders interested in Suffolk’s moth fauna, and it has been active for over thirty years. Its primary activity is recording moths across the county, and it runs a regular programme of moth nights and daytime meetings from May to October, visiting a varied range of sites each year. Some of these events target priority moth species in Suffolk to help us understand their distribution and ecology. Forthcoming Suffolk Moth Group events appear on the SNS Events page

The group also holds an annual indoor meeting early in the year, where members discuss the previous season’s findings.

The group also has a Facebook page – Recording Moths in Suffolk – which is open to interested people. The page covers the latest sightings, field meetings, and identification queries. Alongside this, it maintains a website – suffolkmoths.co.uk covering distribution, life history, and identification for both macro and micro species and much more. The site also includes an online recorder that allows easy entry of moth sightings, which are then processed and loaded into the county moth database.

The Suffolk Moth Group holds joint field meetings with the SNS, and its recording feeds directly into the county database held by SBIS. Neil Sherman, the SNS County Moth Recorder, is closely involved with both organisations.

Visit the Suffolk Moth Group website

Suffolk Natural History on the SBIS website