A decade ago Brian Statham identified the first example of Fletcher's Pug in Derbyshire. In June 2004 Simon Roddis and I caught several...

Since the weekend I've added a few more moths to the year list from the garden trap; Pale-shouldered Brocade, Heart & Dart, Foxglove...

Another local trip out with Brian Statham, breezier and cooler than we had hoped but Treble Lines 2, Dark Brocade 6, Rivulet 8, Common Sw...

Pyrausta despicata

Treble Lines

Dark Brocade

Taken at Clough Wood on Friday, I haven't put Chinese Character on the blog before, one of a number of species which mimics a bird dropp...

Just catching up from last Friday and the trap run at home, 25th May. Added Ochreous Pug, Grey Birch, Brown Silver-lines, Peppered Moth, S...

Seraphim

There was a fire overnight on Beeley Triangle. It looks like about half the area enclosed by the road has been affected, at least one Stonec...

Having taken the second Derbyshire record of Devon Carpet in Clough Wood last August Brian Statham and I were keen to see if it was a pure ...

I was lucky enough to catch the first Derbyshire record of Marbled White Spot in Darley Dale in 2004 but haven't seen it since, until l...

Just putting the cover back on the barbeque when I noticed a moth behind it - Scarce Tissue , a moth I used to catch annually, but only sing...

Another reasonable catch adding; Small Phoenix, Scalloped Hazel, Pebble Prominent, Clouded Silver, Flame Carpet 2 and one of my favourites...

Pebble Prominent