My second Autumn Green Carpet of the year but first for the garden.  This moth and its close relative the Red-green Carpet would make an in...

Caught my first Red Sword-grass for the garden last night, I have previously caught it at Clough Wood in the spring and Simon Roddis has al...

The majority of Epirrita I catch are almost uniform grey with little sign of any banding and no discal spot, these are two well marked indiv...

Trapping in Clough Wood with Brian Statham we were unable to escape the wind but still managed 3 November Moths, 3 Red-green Carpet, Large Y...

Trapping at home last night in mild but windy conditions I recorded 3 Feathered Thorn, Spruce Carpet, November Moth, Juniper Carpet, 2 Yello...

Didn't pay all that much attention to this micro when we caught it last week, it's not in very good condition but looking at the pho...

Another mild evening with the minimum temperatures around 8 Centigrade again produced a reasonable catch; 9 November Moth, Spruce Carpet, 3 ...

Overnight on the 20th the minimum temperature was around 8 Centigrade and a few moths took advantage of the warmer weather; 9 November Moth,...

It's too cold for moths at the moment, just a couple of Juniper Carpet last night but came across this Ruby Tiger caterpillar enjoying t...

Thirty-one moths of eleven species is not bad for mid-October. Thirteen November Moths (agg), 2 Satellite, 2 Barred Sallow, another Large Wa...

This is the micro from last night, Diurnea lipsiella , a male, the female like fagella has under developed wings. Not sure of the status in ...

With poor weather forecast I took the opportunity to trap again in Clough Wood this evening with Brian Statham and Simon Roddis. Despite fal...

Another Large Wainscott last night (fourth of the autumn) plus a fresh Grey Shoulder-knot which has a bit more colour than the over-wintered...

Having posted a couple of unseasonal Juniper Carpet photos taken in July this is one from last night. Juniper Carpet

Saw my first Fieldfare and Redwing of the autumn this morning, apparently 20,000 were estimated passing over the Big Moor area yesterday. Th...