New Years Eve Caterpillar on the move at Sutton Hoo

Our most unexpected wildlife sighting over the Christmas holiday was a caterpillar. It was humping slowly along the path at Sutton Hoo on a frosty New Year's Eve afternoon. It looks similar to the Fox Moth caterpillar (see here, also) I saw on the site in October 2013.

If you are reading this post and know about these things, please feel free to leave a comment below (or contact me via email) as I would love to know whether it is indeed unusual to see a moving caterpillar in December.

 

 Other sightings that day included a charm of Goldfinches in the car park.

We turned for home, casting a backwards glance in the direction of the last sunset of 2014. 

Sutton Hoo, 31 December: Last Sunset of 2014