keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Another couples of crazily out of season moths in Ashurst, New Forest this morning - Shears, & a Lozotaeniodes formosana, plus 12 White Point, 5 Vestal & a Pearly Underwing #teammoth 1180
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, all lit up (but I'll be lucky to beat last night!) 010
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Quality not quantity in Ashurst, New Forest this morning! I've waited 26 yrs to see Dusky-lemon Sallow, but there it was, nfg, along with Scarce Bordered Straw, nfy. 3 Vestal the only other migrants. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 2333
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There's still time! Fingers crossed that 'the big blue' makes an appearance for you! 010
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's that time of year when I get withdrawal symptoms from the sparsity of micros, so the Metalampra italica this morning in Ashurst, New Forest was welcome, as was the Acrocercops brongniardella earlier this week. Brick & Clifden Nonpareil nfy during the week #teammoth 1160
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Thank you, the leaf is too dry now but I will look for another & make sure I do a back lit photo 000
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I agree with anthylidella - there have been more than usual in my Ashurst garden during August & September this year 110
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oncocera semirubella is still a novelty for me in Ashurst, New Forest so it's difficult to resist a bright one from this morning's MV. Vitrealis & Dark Spectacle the best of the migrants, alongside Heath & Autumnal Rustics, plus my 4th Wood Cricket of the year #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0160
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So this is my first attempt at leaf mines for a long time, but I think this might be Stigmella sakhalinella, in birch, in Ashurst, New Forest - I would be vey open to correction as I think it would be new for the square. #teammoth 273
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Some nice moths in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, including 4 nfy taking the garden year list to 617. Red Underwing scarce for me, while Scarce Silver Lines, Autumnal Rustic & Dioryctria sylvestrella among my favourites #teammoth 0170
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Oops, the first mention should of course be Heath Rustic, as per the labelling on the photo! 000
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hedge Rustic was a nice garden nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, along with my 2nd Hedge Rustic of the week, plus Acleris sparsana & Mullein Wave nfy over the last few days. Migrants included plebejana, 8 Vestal & a further Dewick's Plusia #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 1151
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I completely agree! Nice to carch a number of smart Autumnal Rustics, plus the 2 Neglected Rustics 141
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I'm glad you posted this as I then knew what it was when I caught one this morning in Ashurst! They really are smart! 020
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I agree 100%! One of my favourites too! 020
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I gather they are expanding their range in the low countries, so you may not have to wait too long 🙏 010
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Yes, it has been an amazing year; 31 nfg when the list was already over 1000 has been beyond expectations! 020
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026He certainly is! Not being in one of the coastal migrant "hot spots" its one of those moths that I thought I might never see! 🙂 020
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Mega-excited to turn over the tray to see a Shining Marbled this morning! Back up migrants of Dewick's Plusia & Oncocera semirubella, 5 Vestal. The forecast heavy rain at dawn meant I almost didn't run my garden MV last night in Ashurst, New Forest ... #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 4421
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Crambus hamella was a nice 2nd for the garden in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, alongside an uptick in migrants with 7 Vestal, 2 Delicate, 1 SMW #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 1181
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Many thanks to @wheatersdave.bsky.social for confirming that the Sorhagenia was indeed janiszewskae 020
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is only the second Rhodophaea formosa that I have caught in Ashurst, New Forest, & what a beautiful thing it is! The evening light was not so great for photograph - it is a great looker! Just down to single Small Marbled & Delicate today #teammoth 0261
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The great moths keep coming! Blastobasis rebeli nfg (along with Strophedra weirana) in Ashurst, New Forest, plus Great Oak Beauty nfy. Difficult not to post one of 2 pristine Scarce MdJ, plus migrants 2 Small Marbled, 4 Delicate, 4 Vestal, Beet, amplana, 7 Corn Borer, sylvestrella #teammoth 1180
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I always think Dewick's are great moths to look at! Underrated imo 110
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thank you! The Striped Hawk was a way more beautiful moth than I imagined it would be. I've seen semirubella on the continent before, but just love their subtle colours 😊 110
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We must have had 15 or more Beautiful Yellow Underwing's between us, & Heath Rustic something I had only had once before. A great evening & huge thanks to Dave for arranging (the footman was just a Scarce when I checked it) 120
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I thought a Striped Hawk was never going to materialise in Ashurst, New Forest, but this morning proved me wrong! 2 other nfg were Ancylis comptana & 2 Oncocera semirubella, plus Silky Wainscot 2nd for garden. Toadflax Brocade, Delicate, 2 Vestal, DSG, 63 noctuella, 2 Light Crimson U, etc #teammoth 2381
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Mompha propinquella is such a cool moth with its scale tufts & patterning, among a big uptick in moths in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, along with Dotted Clay & Mirificarma mulinella as more regulars. Large numbers of noctuella & SMW, but no migrant megas #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0140
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026An uptick in the regular migrants (Vestal, noctuella, SMW, etc) & nfy Treble-bar & Peach Blossom in Ashurst, New Forest, but no great excitement. This tiny smart leafhopper Aguriahana stellulata had me on edge for a few minutes until I realised it wasn't a moth! #teammoth 0130
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Anania crocealis & Adaina microdactyla the best of the nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, the latter incredibly tiny & delicate. Aroga velocella also nfy, & 1 Vestal, 1 amplana the best of the sparse migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0171
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I've lost track of the large number of Lesser Broad-bordered YU that I've checked the underside of the termen for Langmaid's YU, but then today in Ashurst, New Forest a nfg where all features fitted! Also my 2nd Apodia martinii, but not a very cooperative one #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0130
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Musotima nitidalis is the New Zealand native that is now widespread in southern England, nfy in Ashurst, New Forest this morning, along with the distinctive Acrocercops brongniardella also nfy - the latter is much scarcer for me. Best of the migrants was Dark Sword Grass #teammoth 0100
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Ypsolopha sequella is a regular in Ashurst, New Forest, but always great to see. 2 amplana, 1 Vestal & 7 Small Mottled Willow the best of the migrants for me #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0302
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I'm not sure I have caught both male & female Ringed China-marks on the same day many times before in Ashurst, New Forest, but always illustrative to see the dimorphism. Bordered Straw & 2 Vestal the best of my migrants today & the year list nudged up to 541 #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0221
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Shark was really nice to see in Ashurst, New Forest this morning - a once every few years moth for me, while yesterday's Anania verbascalis is nationally scarce - we have the Wood Sage just outside the garden #teammoth 0240
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Toadflax Brocade was nfy this morning in Ashurst, New Forest - my first records were last year, so it looks like its expansion from the coast is continuing #teammoth 1160
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 19/07/20262 Beet Moths (Scrobipalpa ocellatella) were the best of a sparser catch in Ashurst, New Forest, along with 2 Light Crimson Underwing and 2 amplana, 23 SMW, 11 ferrugalis & 15 noctuella as migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0211
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Small Mottled Willow - a nice migrant with amazing numbers in southern England this year - I had 31 this morning in Ashurst, New Forest! 110
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Assara terebrella (nationally scarce) & Small Rufous are less than annual for me in Ashurst, New Forest. Cedestis subfasciella is regular but I just think it is a beautiful moth! Palpita vitrealis & 3 Cydia amplana the best of the migrants #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0171
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The great moths keep coming! Cydia amplana nfy & (remarkably) Oak Eggar was nfg (though seen nearby several times before) in Ashurst, New Forest this morning. Further Small Marbled & Ethmia quadrillella. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0261
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Thanks, it would be great if you could gen det - it is in the freezer. I can bring across to you if helpful 110
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The Small Marbled in Ashurst, New Forest, this morning was only my 2nd ever, & likewise the Jersey Mocha & the Ethmia quadrillella. The Band-winged Wingwaver (?) fly in the trap has no previous Hants records on iNaturalist, but I guess it is underrecorded #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 1241
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Thank you, that would be amazing. I'll liaise by WhatsApp if that works for you. I may have missed it before until triggered by your record to look up the genus, but think it more likely just a good year as you suggest 120
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Dichomeris alacella was a rarity when I 1st documented it in Ashurst, New Forest 15-20 yrs ago, now more widely recorded. The Sorhagenia is my first; likely janiszewskae but I have no experience with the genus & it will remain sp. unless @wheatersdave.bsky.social thinks it worth gen det #teammoth 2140
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Small Scallop is almost annual for me in Ashurst, New Forest, & a lovely, delicate moth. Gem is a more regular but scarce migrant - this one was my second of the year in a less busy trap this morning #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0251
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I should probably have a night off to clean mine - they are embarrassingly😱 messy! 120
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Steve is right - you are spoilt! In this part of South Hants it is my first in several decades of almost daily trying! 220
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 12/07/2026125/730 (503 for the yr) meant a busy morning in Ashurst, New Forest! Great to join the Acrobasis tumidana club (nfg), plus Delicate, 37 SMW, 34 noctuella, yet another Cr bordered Green Pea. Another Lesser Cream Wave, plus Sallow Kitten difficult to resist a pic! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 1352
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026117/722 in Ashurst, New Forest, today, with some nice scarcities for me: 2 Twin-spotted, 1 Brown-veined & 1 Southern Wainscots, 3 Plain Wave; 3 different species of Bucculatrix (incl nigricomella). Migrants sparse apart from 29 Small Mottled Willow, 67 rorella #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 0221
keithgodfrey.bsky.social @keithgodfrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Sparganothis pillariana is bit of a New Forest specialty that I get in the garden in Ashurst, New Forest, approximately alternate years #teammoth 180
