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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It all started so well, warm & still with the 1st moth in this smart Pearly Underwing, then the moon came up & the bats arrived (1 narrowly missed my head!), more migrants with 16 S M Willow, 4 P vitrealis & 3 Western Conifer Seed Bug also 11 Clancy's R, 5 L album W, Wax M & Red-line Quaker NFY

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great to see 2 Mullein Wave on the night of 27/9 after an absence of a few years, with 2 more Plumed Fan-foot I assume they are well established locally, also 3 more Feathered Brindle, 7 L-album W, 6 Small Mottled Willow & down to 7 Clancy's Rustic #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Groundhog night + on 25/9, 1 NFY Vestal, another Plumed Fan-foot, C plebejana, 3 Delicate, 8 L-album W, 2 P vitrealis, 3 Feathered Brindle & a new record 13 Clancy's Rustic, also some 2nd brooders, Swallowtail, Yellow-tail & Least carpet #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lots of passion in the garden today with 4 varieties of Passiflora in bloom - P. 'Marijke', P. 'Snow Queen', P. x belotii & P. 'Byte' #ukgardening 🌱

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The new normal here in Kessingland last night, Plumed Fan-foot (got me over excited till I realised what it was!), 8 L-album Wainscot, 5 Clancy's R, Delicate, 3 Feathered Brindle & Lesser Wax Moth, 2 migrants - Palpita vitrealis & Oncocera semirubella #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I believe this hairy beast (to my moth light) is Dexia rustica, a tachinid I need more of as it's a parasite of Cockchafers (that I have a surplus of!). Lots of aerial action over the garden today with buzzards & sparrowhawks displaying, a red kite very low & a spitfire did a victory roll + 2 HbHm

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A bit Depressariinae last night (11/9) with a new moth Depressaria badiella & what is probably a worn Agonopterix ocellana, otherwise just a Scarce Bordered Straw & 2 Clancy's Rustic NFY #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The only migrant of note last night was a bit of a pleb (Crocidosema plebejana), best a fine Bloxworth Snout, a late Nyctegretis lineana, Feathered Ranunculus NFY, 6 Delicate & 3 Ancylosis oblitella #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

2 Mexicans in the garden that have enjoyed this summer are the well named Bessera elegans & Tigridia orthantha (which after languishing in the ground for 4 years had over 20 flowers after being potted up), new this year are Salvia oxyphora from Bolivia & the lemon zest scented Hedychium corelli

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Still fairly quiet here in Kessingland, the usual common migrants (best Convolvulus Hm on the ginger), 7 Ancylosis oblitella a new record, the Large & BB yellow UWs starting to wake up, pics of Blackneck NFY, Tawny Wave, A bundle of Coast Darts & Beautiful Marbled from 13th

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A slow night (to windy) saved by my 2nd Striped Hawk-moth, also pic of Gypsy Moth by torchlight & Coleophora versurella for lovers of the small & obscure, NFY was a brief visit from a Clouded Yellow during the day

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

One of two Bordered Straw on my Allium nutans last night #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A few blooms from the garden, I love the smell of Giant Burmese Honeysuckle in the morning, Hedychium deceptum, 10 types of Agapanthus & a Humming-bird Hawk-moth at Salvia Cerro Potosi. #UKgardening

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A smart little new moth last night, Cydia cosmophorana with a record 17 Small Mottled Willow & a Palpita vitrealis, best of the locals 3 Coleophora clypeiferella, 3 Pima boisduvaliella, Ethmia quadrillella, 2 Nyctegretis lineana & a Coast Dart #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A record 5 Herald on the sugar last night (with 2 Old Lady), only other moths of note Clavigesta sylvestrana, Shaded Fan-foot & a Small Mottled Willow

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Anyone familiar with Blastobasis glandulella (& its UK status), last night in Kessingland. @neilsmothman.bsky.social

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Bee-eater back!, appeared from & disappeared back to the vicinity of Sea View holiday camp off green lane @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Quality garden tick, Bee-eater Kessingland Beach last seen heading north

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Nice to complete the Hyles set this morning, Striped Hawk-moth in my Kessingland garden. #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Despite 10+ Painted Lady, 2 Red Admiral & a Humming-bird H-m in the garden yesterday the only migrants overnight were a few Diamondbacks, but any night with a Star-wort can't be bad!

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

1st trap of the year produced a lifer, Great Prominent (scarce in N.E. Suffolk) with 2 Diamond-back & a Silver Y also at least 10 Painted Lady heading north through the garden

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Hesperantha coccinea 'Eric's Early', starts in august & still going strong + Salvia haenkei, the best its looked all summer but not for much longer! (tender) #ukGardening 🌱

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A new micro in the garden this year were 3 Chionodes distinctella, though it seems to be incredibly variable & could be fumatella (esp. No. 2), opinions welcome!. Also new was Great green Bush-cricket

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Psst, don't tell Nigel but a North African immigrant has turned up in Kessingland, after a 10 year wait I could not believe it & am still in shock!

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Some late flying creatures in the garden today, Common Darter on Passiflora Snow Queen, Common Carder BB on Salvia Amena, Buff-tailed BB robbing Salvia Joan & a Red Admiral on Anisodontea El Rayo #UKGardening

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

All that glitters is not gold, but it might be a moth, Golden Twin-spot last night in Kessingland, also 2 Oak Rustic, 11 RDP, 6 Silver Y & 2 noctuella #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Cool & moonlit last night so a Euchromius ocellea was a surprise!, also 9 P xylostella, 2 U ferrugalis, 2 Turnip M & 2 Silver Y #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Tricyrtis formosana v. Grandiflora 'Long-Jen Violet', thrives in full shade & flowers for months (until frost) 🌱🌿 #ukGardening

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Salvia confertiflora still looking good despite 45mph winds (blown over twice & lost a few spikes!) 🌱 #UKGardening

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A late second flowering from Hedychium deceptum in my Suffolk garden 🌱GB🌿

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

2 Firecrest in the garden today, incredibly tame one almost landed on me but still too quick for my photographic skills

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Nice garden tick today in Kessingland, 2 Black Redstart (pair), also Lesser Whitethroat & a late Swallow sprinting south (must have seen the weather forecast)

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This strange season continues with Phycita roborella, Yellow-tail, Southern Wainscot (with 2 Large) & a novelty Gold Triangle also 3 Merv, Shore Wainscot, 13 Clancy's, 15+ White Point, 6 RDP & 7+ noctuella

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

A bit more lively with an overcast sky last night, Convolvulus HM, Feathered Brindle, 5 Clancy's Rustic & the new normal Buff footman & LBBYUw also Red Underwing, Palpita vitrealis, 5 N noctuella, 2 L album W, U ferrugalis & 5 P xylostella #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🌱 Some Hedychiums out in the garden today, marginatum, Luna moth, maximum (smelling gorgeous) & griffithianum (with Fuchsia boliviana)

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A new nectar plant for Convolvulus Hawk-moth tonight, Kniphofia caulescens

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Some floral beauties in my garden today, Nerine & Amarines, Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides (was easier to say when it was Senecio confusus!), Fuchsia denticulata & Hedychium flavum (smells as good as it looks) 🌱

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

c20 Glossy ibis over Kessingland Beach heading north @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

life's tough for Hummingbird & Convolvulus Hawkmoths in a 30mph wind today in Kessingland

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Last night produced Convolvulus Hawk NFY, Clancy's Rustic NFY, a standard issue Pearly Underwing & an Ethmia bipunctella (something I don't see every year) also a bit of a Scarce Bordered Straw surge (5)

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Some common migrants last night included this nicely marked Pearly Underwing, Four-spotted Footman, Scarce Bordered Straw, Dark Sword-grass, 12 Palpita vitrealis & 5 Delicate. Also a small, pale Coast Dart, Ancylosis oblitella & 2 Clay Triple-lines NFG (no local Beech) #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

My 1st Delicate of the year last night & only my 2nd Caloptilia fidella ever + always lovely to see Oncocera semirubella & Star-wort, also Coast dart, Jersey Tiger & Ancylosis oblitella #teammoth

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Allan Eaton @aceaton.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

A 1st for the garden today in Kessingland, Clouded Yellow

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