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Double Kidney @doublekidney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Phyllonorycter pastorella from Pugneys CP today near Wakefield. Spreading across Yorkshire now, with records from VC61, 62 and 63. Phyllocnistis xenia on White Poplar also spreading, and this from St Aidan's NR is the first for VC64. @andydnunn.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I potted a tiny micro off the outside of the 40-W actinic trap in my garden last night and it turned out to be Anatrachyntis badia, the first record for Yorkshire (VCs 61-65). I must admit I'd never heard of it! #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Some moth highlights from a recent @universityofhull.bsky.social field trip to South Africa with @robknell.bsky.social, @domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy and Africa Gomez: Gonimbrasia belina, Utetheisa pulchella, Diaphone mossambicensis, Acontia discoidea. #teammoth www.tiktok.com/@sealsathull...

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

No light trapping recently as I've been away, but luckily I left the camera trap pointing at the nicotiana plants. Convolvulus Hawk-moth new for the garden! #teammoth @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

More migrant moths in my East Yorkshire/VC 61 garden last night, with the second Ni Moth of the year (after one in May), a different Vestal from the night before, two White-point, three Small Mottled Willow, etc. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A Vestal was a long-overdue addition to the garden (VC 61/East Yorkshire) list last night. Also a recent Morophaga choragella (second record) and a Heliozela resplendella mine on alder (first record). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Just spotted two Choreutis nemorana webs on a fig tree at work (only planted a couple of years ago). Didn't see them last week. Possibly the second record for VC 61, after one from @rwhooster.bsky.social recently? #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Two new moth species for the garden (East Yorkshire, VC 61) last night: Scorched Carpet and Black Arches. Also the smartest Blood-vein I've seen and another Small Mottled Willow. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

More interesting moths in the last few nights, including Bordered Straw (on lavender), Pyrausta despicata (new for garden), Nephopterix angustella, a third Dewick's Plusia (on lavender) and three Small Mottled Willow. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Acrolepiopsis assectella was new for my garden this week. Also a second record of Tree-lichen Beauty, plus Agriphila selasella and Plain Pug. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Recent moth highlights: two Small Mottled Willow, the second Dewick's Plusia of the year (to Ni Moth lure), Aphelia viburnana (ex larva on creeping willow) and Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella (ex mine on snowberry). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A few recent moth highlights: Six-belted Clearwing (new for the garden), first Leopard Moth for 8 years, second garden record of Oak Nycteoline, Small Chocolate-tip (ex larva on creeping willow). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Really pleased to add Dewick's Plusia to the garden list last night (attracted to a Ni Moth pheromone lure). Possibly only the fifth site for VC 61/East Yorkshire. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A surprisingly enjoyable visit to a shopping outlet today, with 41 species of moth recorded, including Antispila metallella, Coleophora siccifolia, Stigmella tiliae, Etainia louisella and Roeslerstammia erxlebella. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A few nice moths from a lowland heath recently: Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella (mine on creeping willow), Small Chocolate-tip (larva on creeping willow), Carpatolechia alburnella and Aristotelia ericinella. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Blue-bordered Carpet was new for my garden last night, closely following second records of Least Carpet and Dwarf Cream Wave. This aberrant Heart & Dart was also worthy of a photo. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I've found Etainia sericopeza and E. louisella mines quite a few times over the years, but never E. decentella ... until today. Extremely cryptic mine on a sycamore samara. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A few recent moth larvae highlights: second VC 61 record of Antispila metallella (mine on dogwood), Coleophora violacea (case on birch), Depressaria radiella (on hogweed) and Stigmella crataegella (mine on hawthorn). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some interesting micros in my garden recently. Possibly the first Yorkshire record of Cydia inquinatana, second VC 61 record of Nemapogon ruricolella, Ephestia kuehniella/Vitula serratilineella to check and Pammene aurana. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I caught two of these Privet Hawk-moths last night. Not many records from my garden. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A Coleophora siccifolia larval case on hawthorn, only the fifth VC 61 record I believe, was a bit of a surprise just down the road from my house today. Also a Leucoptera laburnella mine on laburnum. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A few moths from the woods yesterday, despite persistent rain: Adela croesella, Epinotia demarniana, Coleophora binderella (case on birch) and Perittia obscurepunctella (mine on honeysuckle). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Not many moths recently, but a few highlights nonetheless: third garden records of Shears and Epinotia nanana, first (surprisingly) of Chilo phragmitella, and what looks like the fourth VC 61 record of Stigmella sorbi (from the woods, not garden). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A video (it was dark!) of midwife toads calling in Woodsetts, South Yorkshire, last night. Could hear them all down the street! #teamtoad @ynuorg.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Just my second garden (VC 61) record of Chamomile Shark in 16 years, from a few nights ago. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A miracle has occurred in my garden. After making a complete hash of potting a Ni Moth in the morning, I netted what was surely the same individual nectaring on red valerian last night. Off to buy a lottery ticket now. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

After yesterday's Currant Clearwing, I got a Red-tipped Clearwing today. Both were ~2 weeks earlier than my previous earliest garden record. Also had an early Common Footman recently, apparently only a day later than the earliest Yorkshire record. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Some moths at last, including Bordered Straw, Currant Clearwing, Seraphim and what looks like Neofaculta ericetella. Also a Hummingbird Hawk-moth and eleven Painted Ladies on the red valerian in the garden (VC 61). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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RN ship losses @rnshiplosses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

25 May 1982 // Destroyer HMS Coventry was attacked by Argentine aircraft north of the Falklands and hit by three bombs, two of which exploded. Extensive flooding caused her to capsize and sink with 19 men lost and one man dying later from his injuries. (Imperial War Museum images, details below)

Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer HMS Coventry pictured before her Falklands service. © Crown copyright reproduced under delegated authority from The Keeper of Public Records. Image: IWM (FKD 580). Black and white photograph of a warship viewed from off the starboard bow, under way in the open sea.

HMS Coventry shrouded in smoke after bombing by Argentine aircraft, 25 May 1982. © Crown copyright reproduced under delegated authority from The Keeper of Public Records. Image: IWM (FKD 1259). Colour photograph of a warship, stern view, on fire and producing large amounts of smoke which is blowing away to the left of the image.

Two Sea King 4 helicopters of No 846 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm hover over the upturned hull of HMS Coventry searching for survivors. HMS Coventry overturned and sank after being hit by three 1000lb bombs in an Argentine air attack. Twenty lives were lost. © Crown copyright reproduced under delegated authority from The Keeper of Public Records. Image: IWM (FKD 1274). Colour photograph of the hull of a capsized warship, her port side uppermost, with two helicopters hovering over the hull and another approaching on the right.

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some interesting moths in the last couple of nights, including Tawny Pinion (new for the garden), Chocolate-tip, Waved Umber, Streamer, Brindled Beauty, Grey Shoulder-knot, etc. #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Some moths that recently emerged from #leafmines collected in the autumn: Phyllonorycter lautella (oak), P. harrisella (oak), P. blancardella (apple) and P. viminiella (willow). #TeamMoth #YorkshireMoths

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Some vacated Phyllonorycter lantanella mines in South Yorkshire (VC 63) today, the first time I've found them on Viburnum tinus 'in the wild'. Also a Pammene giganteana to a SKI lure in East Yorkshire (VC 61). #teammoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Two differently coloured Oak Beauties from the other night. One of the smartest spring moths! Seems to be getting commoner around here. Took 8 years to catch my first, and only seven records in the last 14 years, but have already had four this year. #teammoth #MothsMatter #YorkshireMoths

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Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire @bcyorkshire.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The recording of Charlie Fletcher's review of the 2025 Moth year is now available. Its been another very busy moth year with record number of moths a lots of new earliest and latest recorded dates let alone record abundance for hundreds of species... Phew! youtu.be/-s8RWBO-_nI

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Yorkshire Moths Review 2025

YouTube video by Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

This drab form of Calybites phasianipennella was a bit of a surprise on 25 February. The adult overwinters, but this appears to be the 'earliest' Yorkshire record. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @doublekidney.bsky.social

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Registration is now open for #FSBI2026! Early bird closes 27 May. Full details at: store.southampton.ac.uk/conferences-...

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

⚠️ Two weeks before our Postdoctoral International Travelling Fellowship #PITF deadline! 26/2/26. Details: -within 5 years of PhD completion -want to work with an oversea collaborator or -based overseas & want to work in the UK -up to £20K for travel/consumables fsbi.org.uk/pitf/

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The first moth of the year last night and it was new for my garden: Ypsolopha ustella. Not particularly common in Yorkshire and new for my 10k square by the look of it. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @doublekidney.bsky.social

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Today is the official deadline for applications to this lovely freshwater, fishy, eDNA PhD, but the portal will be open throughout the weekend, ready for any last minute submissions! #PhD #PhDOppertunity

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ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New Paper 🚨 - Status Assessments for Two Endangered Populations of Vendace (Coregonus albula) and Evidence That Their Abundance Is Modulated by Percid Fishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 36, no. 1: e70285. doi.org/10.1002/aqc.....

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Status Assessments for Two Endangered Populations of Vendace (Coregonus albula) and Evidence That Their Abundance Is Modulated by Percid Fishes

The study of low-latitude populations can inform our understanding of how cold-adapted species might respond to environmental change. The vendace (Coregonus albula) is a lacustrine fish that is distr...

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I've been checking holm oaks in East Yorkshire (VC 61) for #leafmines since 2013, but had only recorded Ectoedemia heringella near the Humber Estuary. I found a few near Beverley last year though and loads in Hull today. I last checked this tree in 2022. #TeamMoth @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Clive Trueman @clivetrue.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Flier for a PhD available based in Southampton, stable isotope forensics, salmon, sea lice - mix of analytical and environmental application development - application deadline Jan 08. Application through QR code linked site

PhD advert with QR code linking to application site

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I've finally finalised my moth records from 2025 and had a surprising (since I've been trapping here since 2013) 31 species new for the garden. Six were macros: Four-spotted Footman, Mullein, Small Marbled and Bordered Straw, plus Latticed Heath and Purple Bar. #TeamMoth @doublekidney.bsky.social

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Spurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

🦆 We’re recruiting Residential Spring Volunteers for 2026! Live on site, help monitor migration & support conservation at Spurn. Please share with anyone who’d love this role 👇 Apply 👉 forms.gle/9u4X65F4Vn5M... More info 👉 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/were-re...

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

⚠️ Just over two months before our Postdoctoral International Travelling Fellowship #PITF deadline! 26/2/26. Details: -within 5 years of PhD completion -want to work with an oversea collaborator or -based overseas & want to work in the UK -up to £20K for travel/consumables fsbi.org.uk/pitf/

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Arne Jacobs @fishyomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We are recruiting a PhD student to work on the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in lampreys. If you are interested in population genomics, hybrid zones & structural variants in a super cool primitive vertebrate, feel free to contact me. Details - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

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Leveraging wild hybrids to map the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in a primitive vertebrate.

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Les Evans-Hill @lesevanshill.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth

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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society

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Andy D. Nunn @andydnunn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Some opportunistic leafminering on a family day out produced plenty of species, including Bucculatrix albedinella (elm), Coleophora albitarsella (ground-ivy), Stigmella catharticella (purging buckthorn) and Ectoedemia intimella (sallow). #TeamMoth #YorkshireMoths @doublekidney.bsky.social

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