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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Lovely views of Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit in the wader roost at Bunny Meadows, Warsash, Hants this afternoon. Some birds very close to the footpath due to the very high tide.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Banded Sable at Bunny Meadows, Warsash, Hants this evening! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bucculatrix albedinella larva in Elm and a Wormwood larva on Mugwort at Alver Valley Country Park, Gosport, Hants this evening. The latter a lovely surprise and a smart caterpillar. The former I'd been looking for for 5 years, seeing vacated mines locally annually. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

161:63 last night. Brown-veined Wainscot nfg. Potential migrants were Golden Twin-spot, Portland Ribbon Wave, Rush Veneer, 3 RDP, 7 Cydia amplana, Silver Y and 3 Crocidosema plebejana. Also Beet Moth and a well marked Maidens Blush. S Hants VC11 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My first encounter with Hawthorn Moth larvae this evening. Impressive webbing on someone's garden Cotoneaster. I've never found it on Hawthorn yet and didn't realise until yesterday it used Cotoneaster as a food plant. VC11, S Hants #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Compass Jellyfish at Bunny Meadows, Warsash, Hants this evening. #jellyfish

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

209:72 last night. Gypsy Moth and Anania verbascalis nfg. 15 Cydia amplana was impressive. Migrants- 3 SMW, 4 RDP, 6 Silver Y and 5 Diamondback. Also Small Rufous, Beet Moth, Bactra furfurana and 4 Crocidosema plebejana. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Got a Hypericum some months back in the hope of encouraging Fomoria septembrella into the garden. That worked! #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Parornix fagivora mine and leaf folds on Beech at Hedge End, Hants at lunchtime today. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

143:60 overnight in Stubbington, Hants to MV and actinic. Eastern Bordered Straw the highlight! Also 20 Diamondback and a RDP. Other niceties included 2 Cream-bordered Green Pea, Varied Coronet and White Plume. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

53:35 to the 6w actinic last night, Silver-spotted Veneer the highlight plus a Portland Ribbon Wave and 6 Diamondback. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Feeding signs of Spotted White Plume at Stockbridge Down, Hants today, no larvae found, sadly. Also good numbers of Grizzled and Dingy Skippers. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Acrocercops brongniardella mines on Oak and Coleophora follicularis case on Fleabane at Titchfield Haven, Hants this afternoon. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Really pleased to find cases of Coleophora lineolea in a local Wood today, I've looked at a lot of Hedge Woundwort over the last 3-4 years to no avail. Also a dozen Coleophora lutarea on Greater Stitchwort flowers and Ancylis apicella also seen. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A mooch along a local lane this afternoon produced a random assortment of things- the Coleophora binderella are really getting going on Grey Alder, Orchestes alni mines on Elm and Pocket Plum galls on Wild Plum. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth #galls #leafmines

Coleophora binderella case on Grey Alder.

Plum Pocket galls (Taphrina pruni) on Wild Plum. Induced by a fungal pathogen.

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A new study has highlighted the grim scale and persistence of wildlife declines across Britain, with populations of many species continuing to fall despite ongoing conservation efforts:

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Next 20 years crucial for Britain's imperilled wildlife, study finds

A new study has highlighted the grim scale and persistence of wildlife declines across Britain, with populations of many species continuing to fall despite ongoing conservation efforts.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A new site for Coleophora solitariella just found, almost on the doorstep, where there was only a small amount of the foodplant. Sometimes it pays to have a quick look. Somewhat unexpected! S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Decided to check on a local Coleophora solitariella colony this morning. 33 cases found plus a bonus lithargyrinella! #teammoth

Coleophora solitariella case on Greater Stitchwort.

Coleophora lithargyrinella case, the forked dorsal keel visible in this pic.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A couple of hoverflies close to home this afternoon - Epistrophe eligans and what could be Meligramma trianguliferum? (or a dark Meliscaeva auricollis)... #Hoverflies

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What I believe to be Synageles venator, which was a nice surprise on the inside of the front door this afternoon. A convincing ant mimic, in appearance and movement. S Hants. #Spiders #Arachnids

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Cherry-bark Moth larvae have been busy of late it seems, in the garden! S Hants VC11. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Orange Ladybirds hibernating in the shelter of an 'artichoke gall' induced by the gall midge Taxomyia taxi on Yew in the local cemetery this afternoon. #galls #Ladybird

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Signs of spring in south Hants 🙂

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Subtle tones and reflections, Titchfield Haven Canal Path this afternoon.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

A light dusting of snow first thing was nice, a frozen Titchfield Haven and a presumed Black-headed x Med Gull at Bunny Meadows this afternoon.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Pleased to find some W-f Geese locally this afternoon at Chilling, Hants, part of the current impressive influx. Obscured by maize stubble and viewed thru a hedge! #hantsbirds

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Mystery noctuid from 31/10/22, I keep coming back to Sombre Brocade on this one. I'd appreciate any thoughts from anyone familiar with the species. It is rather worn and I could be barking up the wrong tree! The underside of the abdomen was golden like the tip in the pic...significant? #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A nice double rainbow over farmland at Brownwich, Hants this afternoon.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

23:8 to light last night in S Hants. 6 RDP and Olive-tree Pearl on the migrant front. Y-l Quaker was nfy. A rufous looking Blastobasis could be vittata...opinions welcome but I guess gen det reqd. A tenanted Ectoedemia intimella mine on a fallen leaf from nxt doors Sallow was nfg! #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

40:8 here in S Hants last night. Feathered Thorn was nfy. Potential migrants - 3 Golden Twin-spot, 2 Olive-tree Pearl, 13 RDP, 2 Turnip and Crocidosema plebejana. LBAM topped out at 17. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Some 'green islands' in Botley Wood, Hants this afternoon - Ectoedemia quinquella and Stigmella atricapitella on Oak and Ectoedemia argyropeza on Aspen. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

48:16 to MV in S Hants last night. Golden Twin-spot was NFG and there were 5 of them!!! 3 Diamondback were the only other migrants. Blair's Shoulder-knot and Merveille du Jour were nfy. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I returned to see how the suspected early mines of Stigmella catharticella found at the weekend had progressed. Very well as it turns out! #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

A bunch of mines from S Hants, VC11 this morning: Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella on Himalayan Honeysuckle, Stigmella microtheriella on Hazel, Phyllonorycter strigulatella on Grey Alder + Phyllonorycter esperella on Hornbeam. 1/2. #teammoth

Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella mine on Himalayan Honeysuckle.

Stigmella microtheriella mines on Hazel.

Phyllonorycter strigulatella mines on Grey Alder.

Phyllonorycter esperella mine on Hornbeam.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Hi @vc28wildlife.bsky.social , I photographed this Phyllonorycter mine on a narrow-leaved Willow back in June this year at Botley, Hampshire and would appreciate your thoughts regarding it possibly being pastorella. I'm hoping to return to the site soon to see if there are more...

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Some larval stuff from Gosport, Hants this afternoon- a Phyllocnistis midrib mine on Willow, mines of Phyllonorycter schreberella and tristrigella and a Grey Dagger larva on Elm. #teammoth

Phyllonorycter schreberella mines on Elm

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

A few leafmines from Gosport, Hants this morning - Stigmella plagicolella on Blackthorn, Phyllonorycter acerifoliella on Field Maple and Bucculatrix albedinella on Elm. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

72:27 to the 6w actinic last night including the first 2 Flounced Rustic of the year. Also Small Marbled, Portland Ribbon Wave and Rush Veneer. Stubbington, S Hants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just 52:36 to MV last night. Most unexpected was Catoptria margaritella, presumably a migrant, only other migrant was a single RDP. S Hants, VC11. Agriphila geniculea and Ptocheuusa paupella nfy. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

139:54 to 6w actinic last night produced Plain Pug nfg. Also this presumed Oak Nycteoline, not seen this form before. Migrants consisted of 11 Diamondback and a Rusty-dot Pearl. S Hants, VC11. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

41:24 to 6w actinic last night. Common Clothes Moth was nfg. Nfy were Brown-tail, Dwarf Cream Wave, Elephant Hawk-moth, Poplar Grey and Water Veneer. The third Small Marbled in the last week, this the brightest of them and the only apparent migrant. ##teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

115:53 to MV in Stubbington, Hants last night included another Small Marbled and 3 Diamondback. Lots of nfy including Acrobasis marmorea, Dot Moth, Figure of 80, Mottled Beauty, Metzneria metzneriella and one of my ultimate favourites, Leopard Moth. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

A modest 27:20 to the 6w actinic last night included a Small Marbled, the only other migrant was a single Diamondback. A huge Brown House Moth threw me for a while! Stubbington, S Hants, VC11. ##teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

65:32 in Stubbington, S Hants last night included Lilac Beauty, Four-spotted Footman and 8 Diamondbacks. FUN lure left overnight attracted 2 Grapholita tenebrosana (nfm), 10 Grapholita funebrana and a Pammene (albuginana type). #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Some common leafmines in the local cemetery this morning - Phyllonorycter geniculella on Sycamore, Phyllonorycter coryli on Hazel, Stigmella hybnerella on Hawthorn and Stigmella plagicolella on Prunus. S Hants, VC11 #teammoth

Phyllonorycter geniculella mines on Sycamore.

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A visit to Gilkicker Point (Hants) this morning produced a density of Elachista argentella like I've never seen...I stopped counting at 110. Also feeding signs of Scrobipalpa samadensis on Buckshorn Plantain. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

27:16 last night. Mullein was nfg. Nfy were a pristine Poplar Hawk, Pebble Prominent, Ocnerostoma friesii, Rusty-dot Pearl, Syndemis musculana, Sharp-angled Peacock and Tachystola acroxantha. S Hants, VC11. #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Work today was brightened by a Sedge Warbler in full song from a tiny patch of manicured bushes outside an adjacent warehouse, a Chocolate-tip, an Eriocrania sangii mine and some Coleophora mines on Hornbeam (no case found though the smart money has to be on serratella). #teammoth

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Does anyone know what these might be please? There are at least a dozen on an ornamental Acer in the garden. 1-2 mm in size, south Hampshire. A beetle larva perhaps? #nature #wildlife

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Dan Houghton @dan-h-n.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

29:15 in the garden last night. Acleris literana NFG. Also a Caloptilia that looks a decent candidate for honoratella...can these be done at all without the chop? Foxglove Pug felt early. S Hants VC11. #teammoth

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