What a change since last weekend. Gone are the clear blue skies and sunny days. Instead of basking in summer temps with sun like more southe...

A cold but sunny weekend, with a sharp northerly wind. This morning we had another visit to Low Newton to try for an early Wheatear on t...

Rock Pipit A Friday off this weekend, instead of Monday. I was pleased when we got a visit from my old friend ADMc this morning. We we...

In line with Tom's new thinking on Agonopetrix heracliana / ciliella, I have lumped them together below. They are unidentifiable withou...

After a very gusty wind overnight, where I put the moth trap off before bed, in case it flew seaward, John and myself headed down to Warkwo...

Pine Beauty pic taken a while ago. I should get an up to date one tomorrow. The real Pine Beauty from last night. Slightly duller than...

This afternoon I took a wander around the village, as it was such a nice day. Birds were singing and showing fine breeding fettle everyw...

Moth trap and sheet A very mild and overcast night last night looked good for moths so I broke out a new sheet for under the trap. The ...

Clouded Drab Red Chestnut Quite a good early show in the moth trap today with 8 species caught, including two nice Red Chestnut an...

Coltsfoot In the garden today, part digging the potato bed, then up the ladder cleaning out 6 tree spuggie boxes. These are in p...

Another mild night with 7 degrees at midnight here, so as can be expected, a few moths were in the trap... Taxa 1025  Tortricodes alterne...

A nice 'proper'  moth catch last night, my first of the year... 0688  Agonopterix heracliana  2 1663  March Moth (Alsophila...

The hungry hoards. A day off work is all the better when the weather is good, and today was just the job. Calm and sunny, ver...